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ONU indoor track-field team hosts Saturday food drive

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Ohio Northern men's and women's indoor track & field teams will host a canned food drive during the Joe Banks Invitiational on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center.

Collection boxes will be set up inside and outside of the fieldhouse. Suggested items include canned fruit, soups, pasta, rice, cereal and baking items. Ohio Northern is one of 11 teams that will be participating in the meet this weekend. Field events begin at 11 am and running events will begin at noon.

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Baby, it was cold outside

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Baby - it was cold outside. Over the past seven days low temperatures in the area bottomed out at 4 degrees, 5 degrees and 7 degrees. Jan. 28 was the first day when the low was above freezing. Here's the recent seven-day high, low and precipitation report from the Icon weather observer.

Date        High    Low   Prec.
Jan. 22     14        4  
Jan. 23     18        7     0.01
Jan. 24     22        5     trace
Jan. 25     22      16     0.12
Jan. 26     29      12     trace
Jan. 27      33     15     0.15
Jan. 28     49      33     0.15
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Apollo kicks off Career-Tech Ed Month on Jan. 29

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Apollo Career Center will hold its first-everl Apollopalooza on Jan. 29, 5:30-7 p.m., to kick-off National Career and Technical Education Month, which runs through February.

Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs. The event is free and open to the public.

“Because Apollo is not a traditional high school or college, and because adults and high school students are being trained during the day and evening, Apollo is opening up the building, for the public to see and experience what Apollo students learn everyday,” said Dana Dukes Norton, community relations liaison.

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Ada resident part of award winning "Big River" musical at Van Wert Civic Theater now through Feb. 9

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, January 28, 2013

The Van Wert Civic Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Big River, a country and bluegrass musical adaptation of Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

The show is directed by Jerry  Zimmerman and features Ada dramatist Nancy Williams Shuffle in the role of Mary Jane Wilkes.  

The musical won numerous Tony awards, including for both music and score.

Big River is running Thursday through Saturday on the following dates:
Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2, 3 and Feb. 7, 8, 9.

The Thursday through Saturday shows are at 8 p.m., with a matinee on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m.

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Scientist at work

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 28, 2013

Keith Gudakunst, Ada HS science teacher, examines one of the eight grade science fair projects.

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Vera Higgins, 1918 - 2013

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, January 28, 2013

Vera A. Higgins, 94 died at 7:05 am January 27, 2013 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. 

She was born November 19, 1918 in Ada to the late James A. and Freda (Frankhauser) Hauenstein. 

On August 9, 1940 she married Herbert Higgins and he died July 8, 2005. Vera was a homemaker and was a member of Central Christian Church, Lima. 

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