The Master Gardeners of Hardin County will host its 14th annual plant sale from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, May 13, at the Fairground’s Arts and Crafts building. Joining the sale will be the Men’s Garden Club, Hardin County Herb Society, Deep Roots Garden Club, and Dailey's Daylilies.
A large selection of perennials and annuals will be available for the homeowner to use to beautify the landscaping around their property. Plants available to choose from include flowers, bedding plants, roses, herbs, trees, and various other potted plants.
Romanian violinists Anamaria Joldea and Estera Racz will perform in recital at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 in Presser Hall. They will play a repertoire by Mendelssohn, Lalo, Bartók and Beethoven. The concert is free and open to the public.
Joldea has been studying violin since she was 5 years old. She has won the second prize at the Eugen Cuteanu Euro-regional Competition for Violin and Low Strings in Timisoara, Romania, and the first prize at the Sigismund Toduță International Festival in Deva, Romania. She currently is a freshman at the Sabin Dragoi High School of Arts in Romania.
Two performances take place this week in Ada schools.
Ada High School Varsity Singers present the final public performance of this year's competition show Love Monday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
The concert will also include three songs from the Ohio Music Education Association large group adjudicated event they participated in earlier this spring where the choir received a superior rating.
Also featured will be junior high soloists. The students are under the direction of Ada School choir director, Scott Henning.
The Alger Memorial Festival Committee will hold a country-style breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 6, at the Alger Social Center, 210 N. Main St., Alger.
The menu includes biscuits, sausage gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and a beverage.
A suggested donation is $7. The breakfast is all-you-can-eat (premises only). Carry out is available. Call 419-679-8460 for free local deliver.
Here are some May calendar items from Apollo Career Center:
Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. National Technical Honor Society induction ceremony 12 students will be inducted.
Saturday, May 6 at 8-11 p.m. the 2017 Apollo prom will take place in the Apollo Commons.
Tuesday, May 9 begins the annual Floral Design and Interiors bedding plant sale. A wide variety of annuals, vegetables and hanging baskets. May 9-12, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Open to the public.
Arnie Hoersten will talk about purple martins at noon Tuesday in the dean's heritage room in McIntosh Center. He will describe the acrobatic bird at a meeting of the Kiwanis Club, but all interested in the boisterous and social bird are welcome to attend. Arnie is the ONU senior technology manager for the office of information technology.
Here are a few fun facts about purple martins:
1. Remember seeing plastic gourds in backyards to provide housing for the birds? Centuries ago, Native Americans were hanging real hollowed-out gourds to attract them.
2. The purple martin is the largest swallow in North America.
