The Ohio Northern University Department of English presents Bluffton author Tobias S. Buckell in the Wishing Well at the McIntosh Center on Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Caribbean-born, New York Times best-selling author will read from his eco-thriller “Arctic Rising.”
The event is free and open to the public.
Buckell’s work has been translated into 16 different languages. He has published some 50 short stories in various magazines and anthologies and has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus and Campbell awards.
It's the return of Ada's Cash Mob! Tuesday, from 3 to 5 p.m. stop at Health Chek, 117 S. Main St., Ada, and get 10 percent off on all purchases. The Cash Mob program is brought to you by the Buy Ada First committee. Click for more cash mob details.
Here’s a conversation with three Ada High School juniors, Alexis Rhodes, Hannah Price and Bri Agner.
What classes are you taking this semester? Hannah: English, Algebra II, Art III, Anatomy, Government, Spanish III and Crafts. Alexis: Crafts, Spanish IV, English, Algebra II, Anatomy, Government and Spanish II. Bri: Varsity Singers, English, French IV, Algebra III, Government, Art III and Anatomy.
It has been two more weeks since we originally posted this story of the ongoing mural project at The Ada Public Library. It's all still progressing nicely and you'll find NEW photos at the bottom of this story. The flying books are inspired by the book "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore."
The Ada Public Library is adding bright and colorful new murals to its kids reading area, all courtesy of two generous and talented Ohio Northern University art professors.
Richard Heller, the plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court decision that said the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a gun, will discuss the landmark case, District of Columbia vs. Heller, in the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law’s Large Moot Court room on Friday, March 15, at 12:15 p.m.
The Ada High School Concert Band attended the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) Band and Choir Competition on Friday, March 8 at Lima Senior High School.
The 38-member Ada band was rated "Excellent" by a board of judges for District III of the OMEA.
Ada's band competed in Class C, performing three selections in front of a panel of judges who offer written and verbal comments. Ada played "Valley Forge" by King, "Kentucky 1800" by Grundman, and "Spontaneous Combustion" by Sheldon.
