A mural of big, colorful birthday cakes adorns a dining room at Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta...painted by none other than the proprietor and chief cook himself...Dominic Fricano.
The 20-seat room, near the front door, often serves as a celebration location and dining place for birthday and anniversary parties.
Dominic sought a happy and bright motif for the room. The painting of the giant cakes covers all four walls.
Enrique Cabrera, owner of El Campo, describes one of the murals he painted at his restaurant on Main Street.
The scene includes the church in his hometown of Guanajuato, Mexico. He liked to draw, so thought he'd try his hand at murals. Since he opened the Ada business here seven years ago, he has now painted murals on all of the walls. (Monty Siekerman)
Senior Gabrielle Metzner placed first in the 60-meter hurdles as the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team hosted the Polar Bear Last Chance meet at the Ohio Northern University Field House.
Metzner finished the race in 9.04 seconds, breaking the previous record of 9.08 seconds.
This meet was not scored.
Freshman Emily Richards placed second in the 800-meter run in 2:14.37, setting a new personal record.
Sophomore Allison Gast also set a personal record as she placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.33 seconds.
Metzner also placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.64m.
The Ohio Northern baseball wrapped up their Spring Break trip with a 1-0, 6-2 double header sweep of Monmouth (Ill.) 1-0 Saturday in the Gene Cusic Classic at the Player Development Complex.
The Polar Bears move to 7-1, while the Scots are 0-2.
Freshman Braydon Focht hit a sac fly with one out in the bottom of the sixth to score senior Jack LaMarca and break a scoreless tie to record the game's only run.
Junior Nick Eltzroth (2-0) threw 6.2 scoreless innings to earn the win and freshman
Freshman Zach Foster got the final out to record his first career save.
