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Ohio Northern rolls out the orange carpet for homecoming

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 17, 2013

Ohio Northern University will celebrate Homecoming 2013 from Oct. 18-20. All alumni, friends, family, faculty and students are welcome to attend.

Homecoming weekend will kick off on Friday with continuing education sessions in the Pettit College of Law at 1 p.m. and the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at 6:30 p.m.

At 6:30 p.m., four former athletes and supporters will be honored during the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet.

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Fall planting sale going on at New Leaf

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 17, 2013

New Leaf Landscape Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235 north of Ada, and in Kenton, has a fall planting sale going on.

The sale includes 25 to 50 percent of all potted shade and flowering trees and specially marked balled and burlap flowering shade and evergreens.

Selected container grown shrubs and evergreens are 25 to 50 percent off. Ornamental grasses are 25 percent off.

Tea roses and fruit plants and water garden plants are 50 percent off. The greenhouse has a clearance area including arbors, trellis, pots and other items.

Spring blooming bulbs including tulips daffodils and other bulbs are 25 percent off. There is also a special $5 garden bed.

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Public auction Oct. 26 of Orange Township parcels

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 17, 2013

Farthing Real Estate and Auctioneers, Findlay, announce the sale of four parcels at public auction at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, on the premises at 3576 and 3598 State Route 103, Bluffton.

The property includes 58 acres of farm ground and woods, two homes and buildings, farm equipment and personal property.

The owners are james and Imogene Benroth and Judith Houdeshell.
For a complete listing of the items at auction open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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When you could fill up the tank for 30 cents a gallon

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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Judging from the three vehicles at the pumps, we'd say this photo is from 1959. These look like a 1958 Corvair convertible, a 1958 Oldsmobile and a 1959 Mercury.

We can't read the price of gas on the pump, but it was probably 30 cents a gallon. This classic Ada "filling station" photo is part of Ada Public Library collection.

Icon viewers comments are welcome.

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Fine Touch Furniture & Upholstery - where they bring furniture back to life

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Garver brothers have upholstered nearly every thing imaginable since opening Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery. 

The 513 N. Johnson St., Ada, business, opened in 1986 after brothers Randy and Dan Garver left Findlay Furniture, where they learned the upholstery trade.

MORE PHOTOS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Even so, the brothers claim: “We’ve never worked a day in our lives,” as they take their business seriously, but truly enjoy what they do. “And, we meet a lot of interesting people,” they add.

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50 polar bears on McIntosh's cake

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

McIntosh Center at ONU celebrates its 50th birthday as the student union on campus this week, according to David Dellifield, Center director. While the building itself has been added on to and remodeled several times, 2013 is the 50th birthday of many of the major parts of the building. The Ballroom, Activities Room and many offices in the building are celebrating a golden milestone. Throughout the week, there are activities and contests on the McIntosh Center Facebook page. A birthday party took place Wednesday in the Dining Room.

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