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The Lima Symphony Orchestra is joining with the Equestrian Therapy Program to celebrate 90 years of enriching our community with Music in Unexpected Spaces.

On Thursday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., we will begin the LSO’s 60th anniversary celebration and mark Equestrian Therapy’s 30 years of service with a delightful ensemble at Fassett Farm, 22532 Bowsher Road.

Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy music provided by the Ford Trio, tour the Equestrian Therapy facilities and see a demonstration provided by the Equestrian Therapy volunteers.

This will be the only Music in Unexpected Spaces event this summer. As always, this event is free and open to the public. We will offer light refreshments and a cash bar.

This is the third year for our Music in Unexpected Spaces series, for which the LSO was commended by the League of American Orchestras.

Associated Press

Ohio State University’s Sustainable Agriculture Team will host several tours this spring and summer on hops production, agritourism, organic farming and urban agriculture, as part of the 2013 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series.

BY JAMES J. HOORMAN

OSU-Extension

Putnam County

Ag Educator

Now that most of the corn has been planted and is emerging, farmers are hoping for rain. As farmers look over their fields, they may start to see some corn emergence problems. Dr. Peter Thomison, Ohio State Corn Specialist and Dr. Greg Roth at Penn State in the CORN Newsletter offer these suggestions on corn emergence issues.

BY JIM LOPSHIRE

OSU-Extension

Paulding County

Ag Educator

A home apple orchard can conveniently provide tasty, fresh fruits for family consumption. One can also have cultivars that may not otherwise be readily available at grocery stores or local orchards. A well-established and maintained apple orchard also enhances the appearance of the home landscape as specimen, border, espaliered, or trellised plants, while producing food for the family.

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DELPHOS — Delphos Jefferson High School’s 138th Commencement will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Jefferson Middle School Auditorium. There are 75 members of the Class of 2013.

Commencement speaker for the Class of 2013 will be Clayton Osting, Attorney at Law. Trevor Thompson will deliver the Invocation and the Benediction. The Student Prayer will be delivered by Evan Stant. Jacob Violet and Seth Wollenhaupt will be addressing the assembly on behalf of the Class of 2013.