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County Line Church of the Brethren's 9th annual car show is planned Saturday, July 11, at the church, 4227 N. Hardin Road, Harrod.

Registration is from 11 a.m. to noon. The show is from noon to 3 p.m. There is a $10 entry fee with door prizes for car owners plus Top Ten Awards presented.

A chicken barbecue takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $8. Call 419-649-5364 for tickets.

The show also includes children's activities with face painting and a bounce house. Funds generated from the afternoon are used to pay for the church's new activity center.

Ohio Northern University student Lauren Hector, a senior graphic design major from Mt. Cory, was chosen as one of the winners of the 2015 Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio (AICUO) Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (EVA).

Hector, who was honored at a banquet April 8, will have her work featured in the Roy G. Biv Gallery as a part of the May Gallery Hop in Columbus’s Short North Arts District. Hector was chosen as one of six winners from among 27 nominated senior artists from independent colleges across Ohio.

ONU Recycles, the student recycling club, is hosting an electronics drive Monday, April 20, to Wednesday, April 22, in honor of Earth Week 2015, according to Jennifer Kunkler Donley, faculty advisor to the club.

This drive is open to the campus as well as the community. Most all electronics will be accepted (excluding TVs, lightbulbs and alkaline batteries). 

The drop-off site will be at McIntosh Center on Ohio Northern’s campus from  11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the tables across from the dining hall. 

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents an evening of new music, “Composer’s Workshop 2015,” in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Wednesday, April 22, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “The Drowsy Chaperone” from April 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. There also will be two matinee performances on April 18 and 19 at 2 p.m.

High above State Route 81 a Century Link crew works, day after day. Their work is connected with the construction project of Ada's Vancrest. This black and white photo view offers an emphasis to the many wire involved in the work.

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