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Story by Mark Badertscher - photo by Monty Siekerman.
What a difference a week of warm weather makes. 

Soil temperatures are warming up and fields are starting to dry.  Sprayers and fertilizer trucks are starting to roll.  Spring planting season is almost upon us, providing the rain forecast later this week doesn’t slow things down. 

It is still early, and for northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10. 

Nothing like a warm day in April. Ken Collins has captured many views of spring from the past seven days. Here's a look at spring in Ada from the viewpoint of his camera lens.

Ohio Northern University welcomed state Sen. David Burke to a National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Legislative Reception on April 14.

More than 50 individuals attended this year’s event, including students; faculty; Dan DiBiasio, ONU president; Steven J. Martin, dean of the College of Pharmacy; and representatives from the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).

During the reception, students spoke directly with Burke and executives from the OPA, asking questions and discussing their involvement in pharmacy legislation.

It's a "Pajama Party!"

And you are invited.

It's time for bed...time to pick up our toys, take a bath, brush our teeth and put our PJs on to end the day.

But wait! What's that noise I hear under my bed? Where's my teddy bear?Come join the Ada 1st graders to see how bedtime can really be a blast.

Performances are Thursday, April 21, at 12:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the school auditorium.

 

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present the 41st Annual Spring Band Festival on Sunday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts’ Biggs Theatre. The performance will feature a world-renowned guest artist, the Ohio Honors High School Honors Band and the Ohio Northern University Symphonic Band.

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening of music featuring the ONU Wind Orchestra on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will serve as the opening performance for the 41st Annual ONU Spring Band Festival. Festival guest composer and conductor, Patrick Burns, will conduct his well-known masterwork, “Soundtrack.”

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