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While this sight might be familiar to some Ada residents, others might not know its whereabouts. You'll find this fire-fed oven in COSI on Main. It's where you'll also find some of the best-tasting homemade bread in Hardin County.

The Hardin County Astronomy Club will meet tonight, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at the McGuffey multipurpose room, behind the post office on Courtright Street.  If weather conditions allow, there may be some observing if sky conditions allow. Otherwise, the club will have a program. 

Check their Facebook page for more info. 

Historian Anne Hyde will read from and discuss her award-winning book, Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, in the Wilson Building Elzay Art Gallery at Ohio Northern University. The event is free and open to the public.

Hyde's book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History and won the Bancroft Prize, the most important award in the field of American history.

 

Talk at the ONU College of Law on Monday

Emily Buss will discuss “The law’s role in raising children” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, in the large moot courtroom (room 129) in the Ohio University College of Law. Her talk, which is part of the ONU College of Law’s Kormendy Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

Buss’ research interests include children’s and parents’ rights as well as the legal system’s allocation of responsibility for children’s development among parent, child and state. She has worked as a staff attorney in the Child Advocacy Unit of the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau and with the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, serving as the center’s director from 1993 to 1996.

Expected to be completed late this fall

Despite heavy rainfall early in the year, the reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County still hit major milestones in 2019 to keep the project on track.

The $114 million project is in its fourth and final year and is expected to be completed late this fall.

“The way we phased the work last year, plus a mild winter so far this year, has enabled us to work through the winter on bridges and ramps and keep the project on schedule,” said Chris Hughes, Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 deputy director.

The most notable accomplishments of the project in 2019:

She advances to state swim finals in two races

By Cort Reynolds
CANTON - Ada senior Klava Katayama finished second in two events during the preliminary round Thursday at the 44th annual girls Ohio Div. II state swim meet, advancing to the finals Friday at Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium with her strong showings.

Katayama finished second in both the 50-yard freestyle (23.58) and 100-yard butterfly (55.57) events Thursday night.

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