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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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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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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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You may find these models in holiday clothing catalogs, but don’t look for the sweaters.

There are so-so sweaters and then there are just plain ugly sweaters. And, according to the Ada Kiwanis Club, you are looking at the prizes winners – certified ugliest sweaters in Ada this season.

Mike Hood and his wife, Ann, were winners of the Ugliest Sweater contest at the Christmas luncheon of the Ada Kiwanis Club.

During the party, the club held its annual Christmas auction. The auctioneers were Santa (John Berg) Claus and his Chief Elf (Bruce Neely). Fifty gifts were awarded to successful bidders.

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Ask any Ada school student about the location of this Christmas tree. It's in the school media center.

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The Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) elected six trustees for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1., and adopted a 2014 budget during its December meeting held Wednesday at McIntosh Center.

Trustees elected to a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2015, are Deb Curlis, Crystal Huffer, Bryan Marshall, James Meyer, David Retterer and Fred Steiner.

They join current trustees whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2014: Beth Fenton, Dick Lawrence, Angela Polachek, Norm Rex, Don Traxler and Jimmy Wilson.

Officers will be elected at the Jan. 15 board meeting.

The 2014 budget, approved on Wednesday, has projected revenue of $1,337 and projected expenses at $858.

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