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All the music you can eat - 39th annual Ada Music Boosters' Music Feast is Saturday

Community members may attend Ada’s exhibition performance, free of charge, at 5:15 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

It's this weekend.

It's the 39th annual Ada Music Boosters Ada Music Feast Show Choir Invitational Competition.

Fourteen show choirs from Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana will compete on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Ada Varsity Singers, directed by Scott Henning, vocal music director and Jonathan Lischak, Ddirector of instrumental and co-director, will provide an exhibition performance as the host school for this day-long event.

Ada Music Feast always draws a “standing room only” crowd and is one of the best attended and well run show choir competitions in the Midwest.

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Looking at ONU's future

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

Here's a rendeering of a building to house the new home of ONU's College of Engineering. The new building will keep pace with the engineering field and provide ONU students with the space and facilities they need to thrive and continue to assume leadership roles in their profession. More details in story below.

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Ohio Northern University launches public phase of campaign for innovative engineering facility

$11.8 million of $15 million goal already committed
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

Ohio Northern University formally announced the public phase of the “Campaign for Engineering: Building Impact at ONU” on Oct. 14 in the McIntosh Center ballroom during a recent joint session of the Board of Trustees and college advisory boards. A total of $11.8 million was committed during the quiet phase of the campaign against a total fundraising goal of $15 million.

The new building will keep pace with the engineering field and provide ONU students with the space and facilities they need to thrive and continue to assume leadership roles in their profession.

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Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law receives $2 million grant

To assist international competition
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State to administer the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Afghanistan for the next two years.
 

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Icon dog of the week: Patience needs a rescue commitment asap

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

•• URGENT! Needs rescue commitment this week!
Patience, 4 year old female doberman mix, 42 pounds, high energy, does well on a leash, very nice dog, likes to cuddle.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

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Once upon a time in Ada: Can you believe this Ada HS football story from 1914!

Ada forfeited game vs. Bowling Green because of disputed call
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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Look at the big stories in Ada in 1914:

May 1914 - Ada’s first theatre, named “The Odeon” opened in a building erected by Jacob Clum. Thomas and Bradley were the operators. The first show was “The Girl at the Curtain.”

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