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Here's my pre-teen memories of Christmas; what are your's?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 24, 2013

No question about it.

My memories of the best Christmas ever come in a package wrapped from stores located in the Lima public square.

I know. It's sounds impossible to viewers born after Neil A. walked on the moon; but it's true.

There was nothing...nothing like going to Lima and shopping downtown for Christmas.
Picture this: Somewhere on South Main, Lima, there was Porter's Music Store. You could actually select a 33 1/3 rpm album, enter a listening booth and listen to the album in privacy. That way you'd know if you wanted to buy it or pass.

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ONU player helps USA team to victory over Mexico in 2013 Tazon de Estrellas

Posted by Eli Garmon on Monday, December 23, 2013

Ohio Northern senior Mike King  had a pair of tackles to help Team Stars & Stripes defeat Mexico 29-7 in the 2013 Tazon de Estrellas Saturday afternoon at Estadio Tecnological on the campus ot Tec de Monterrey.

"This was a wonderful week," King said. "Just a terrific experience. Some of the ONU players that had been in this game before told me that it would be worth it and they were right. I will remember this week for the rest of my life.

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ONU's Pi Sigma Alpha earns grant from the national organization

Posted by Eli Garmon on Monday, December 23, 2013

ONU’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, has received a grant of $900 from the national organization to fund a speaker series.

The grant, written by John Curiel, a senior political science major from Waukegan, Ill., and Daniella Chambers, a senior international studies and political science major from Fremont, Ohio, will be spent on establishing an alumni speaker series for the spring semester to highlight the types of jobs one can get in the field of political science.

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4-H and FFA weigh-in Jan. 4 for Hardin County Fair

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 23, 2013

Steer weigh-ins for 4-H and FFA members exhibiting in the 2014 Hardin County Fair are  Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the fairgrounds. 

Jan. 7 is the start of the OSU online grain marketing course and marketing simulation. Go to https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=870902 soon to pre-register if you wish to participate.  

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Budding Ada architect

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 23, 2013

Three-year-old Catharine Santillanez, peeks through a gingerbread house that she and her mother, Kim, constructed on Friday at the Ada Public Library.

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No building permits needed for these tasty structures

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 23, 2013

MORE PHOTOS AND A VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Several new construction companies built their first residences in Ada on Thursday and Friday. None had building permits; no matter. Each house will be eaten by New Year’s Day, maybe sooner.

Features of these new structures:
Graham crackers
Icing
M and Ms
Gumballs
Lollipops
Chocolate chips
Tootsie rolls

You get the idea. You’ve probably constructed one or two in your lifetime: They are called gingerbread houses.

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