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The Ada Presbyterian Church will hold a spaghetti lunch at noon on Sunday to financially support two ladies from the church who will help at a camp for teen mothers in Texas this summer. All members of the community are invited to attend.

Debbie Roehrle will serve one week and Jill Olge will be at the camp two weeks. This will be Debbie’s first time at the camp while it will be Jill’s fifth trip there.

 

The ONU University Singers and Chamber Singers will perform at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lima. They will present their spring concert entitled “Peace Surpassing All Understanding.” The songs are centered around a musical discussion of human nature and the seemingly inevitable use of conflict and desperate search for lasting resolution. 

The concert will include pieces by Gustav Holst, Francis Poulenc, Anton Bruckner, Arvo Pärt, and Camille Saint-Saëns. 

Admission is free with an opportunity to financially support the Ronald Richards Scholarship Fund.

ONU stops Otterbein in battle of league unbeaten

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team battled into the late hours of the evening before pulling out a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Otterbein in a battle of league unbeatens Wednesday evening at the Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 15-4 overall and move into first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 5-0 record, while the Cardinals fall to 13-4, 5-1.

The match was moved indoors due to inclement weather and was pushed back to an 8:15 pm start time due to court availability at ONU's indoor home courts in Lima.

The two squads then played for 3 hours and 52 minutes before the match ended at 12:07 am.

Ohio Northern University and Dr. Sarah Waters, associate professor of music will hold the third annual Steel Drum Day at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 in the Presser Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Click here for more details.

Several performances planned this spring plus at pops concert June 30

Noteworthy Community Choir began rehearsals for its opening season on April 16, according to Vickie Mills, director.

The intergenerational choir, Expressions, rehearsed numbers such as How Far I'll Go, Another Op'nin', Another Show, When I Fall in Love, and folks songs Cindy and Simple Gifts. 

Expressions has singers ages 11 to 50-plus and will be preparing these, and many more selections, for performances in and around Ada throughout June.

The choir’s schedule culminates with a guest appearance at the Ohio Northern University, Lima Symphony Orchestra Patriotic Pops Concert on June 30.

As Hardin County farmers get ready to plant this year’s corn and soybeans, crop yields from the 2017growing season have been released from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service.  Although these crop production numbers are based on estimates, they are used for crop insurance and government reporting purposes.

 

Corn

 

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