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Youth auditions scheduled for ’22 Holiday Spectacular

Posted by Staff on Monday, August 8, 2022

Ohio Northern University will hold children’s auditions for the 2022 Holiday Spectacular musical extravaganza.

Auditions will take place from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to the audition. Participants may be asked to sing and should be ready to participate in a dance call (jazz and/or tap shoes). Prepared dance or vocal solos will not be accepted.

2022 Holiday Spectacular performances will be staged on November 17, 18 and 19 at The Freed Center; and on December 2, 3 and 4 in Lima.

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Chamber calendar heats up in August and September

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, August 8, 2022

In addition to hosting one of its biggest events in August--the Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival on August 27--the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting the public to two events welcoming new businesses to town.

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Railroad repair in Dunkirk on August 10

Posted by Staff on Monday, August 8, 2022

ODOT District 1 has announced the following construction project for Hardin County this week, impacting traffic in Dunkirk. All outlined work is weather permitting.

U.S. 68/Main Street in the Village of Dunkirk will close on Wednesday, August 10, for one day to repair the railroad. 

TRAFFIC IMPACT

Detour: U.S. 30 to SR 235 to SR 81 back to U.S. 68 (see map).

Official Detour Route: At the intersection of US68 and SR81, go west on SR81 to its intersection with SR235. Go north on SR235 to its interchange with US30. Go east on US30 to its interchange with US68. The same detour applies in reverse for the opposite direction of travel.

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ONU tennis star receives NCAA postgraduate scholarship

Posted by Staff on Sunday, August 7, 2022

Ohio Northern University 2022 engineering graduate Andrew Cochran, an accomplished tennis player, has been selected to receive a coveted $10,000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Cochran, who graduated from ONU this spring with a degree in electrical engineering, was a four-year member of the men's tennis team.

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AHS boys soccer alumni battle

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, August 7, 2022

Alumni of the Ada High School boys soccer team won the August 5 contest against the newest edition of that squad. Kent Young notes on Facebook that the returning players will likely be paying a price for the victory: "Already trying to figure out how I'm going to roll out of bed in the morning....so sore!"

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Book Review: Navajo mythology comes alive after the climate apocalypse

Posted by Staff on Sunday, August 7, 2022

Review by Robert McCool

If you have read Tony Hillerman you know the legends and folktales about immortal beings living in the Sacred Mountains that surround the Dine'tah (the Navajo reservation). Those same mountains protected the parched desert that is now the Dine'tah when the apocalypse drowned most of the world with the “Big Water.” And, after the Energy Wars there wasn't enough fuel to maintain the lifestyle we enjoy now. The world lay fallow and empty without an apology from anyone. These are dystopian tales.

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