Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Awesome African Fashion Show Night
Reminisce: Lima’s Axe quadruplets
Barbara Birkmeier was born in Delphos to Carl and Mary Birkmeier on Feb. 17, 1937. She grew up in the city’s comfortable confines; the notable events of her childhood — birthday parties attended, Brownie troops joined, academic awards won — regularly chronicled in the Delphos Courant and Delphos Daily Herald. As a teenager at St. John’s High School, she sang with the glee club, landed a role in the senior class play, received merit medals for her classroom work, served on the yearbook staff and graduated in 1955.
Arts Center Dance Party to send audience ‘Back to the ’90s’
LIMA —The Arts Center will hold its annual Dance Party “Back to the ’90s” at 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima.
Memorial Day Parade set to return Monday
LIMA —The Lima Memorial Day Parade is set to return for the holiday for the first time since the pandemic began.
In the News
‘Do the Write Thing:’ Middle schoolers write about violence in their communities
CHICAGO — Jaylen Trice, 14, is a lyricist. He likes to put his thoughts and feelings on paper.
Skate Bud nonprofit empowers youth through skateboarding
ORLANDO, Fla. — In skateboarding’s nearly 80-year history, skaters have turned to the culture and art form as a way to fit in and bond over a shared passion.
Science Matters: DNA of ancient ornament’s owner
Twenty thosand years ago, a woman in Siberia made or wore a deer’s tooth with a hole drilled in it, perhaps as part of a necklace. Researchers have recovered her DNA.
Try This: A moisture meter
Here’s how to make an interesting science instrument called a hygrometer.
