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Harvest and Herb Festival roots of Rustic Bendz

Jenny Frankart admired spoon rings and had watched an artisan at the Tiffin Flea Market make rings. Instead of going shopping, she ordered a ring making vise from Ukraine and waited six month for it to come to rural Bluffton. Her father-in-law modified it to work with flatware. That was in 2013.

This year, Frankart has opened the Rustic Bendz jewelry shop-workshop at her home, after a sequence of larger and larger vehicles to sell jewelry at shows, and then a walk-in trailer shop. She makes rings as well as necklaces, key chains, money clips, wind chimes, and other accessories that have sparked her imagination.

Eye catching sale in former Cole Motors location

Tri-State Auto Liquidators LLC has temporarily set up in the former Cole Motors location on Buckeye St. in Ada with a sale of passenger vehicles from 2010-2021. With its eye-catching inflatables and balloons, the business is selling cars, offering cash prizes to shoppers as well as financing and insurance opportunities.

The sales event will run through Sunday, November 14.

Waterhemp control improved in 2021

By Mark Badertscher

Each year before soybean harvest, Hardin county Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educators conduct a county weed survey.  The purpose of this survey is to determine the type and amount of weeds that are infesting farm fields.  Another reason is to develop an understanding of which weeds are becoming resistant to herbicides used by farmers.  Once these determinations are made, weed scientists at The Ohio State University develop weed control programs which are then shared with local county Extension Educators to make recommendations for local farmers.  The goal of these recommendations is to help farmers gain control of these weeds so that their yield-limiting impact is reduced,

Hardin Solar Energy project launched October 26

Senior officials from renewable energy leaders Invenergy and Dominion Energy met with state, county and township leaders on October 26, 2021 to officially launch the Hardin I solar project on Township Road 120, Alger.

The initial application for the project was approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board in 2018. Now operational, the project has a capacity of 150 megawatts (AC), enough to power about 40,000 typical homes. The Hardin I project features solar panels with a bi-facial energy collection system on a single axis design, which allows the panels to track the sun from horizon to horizon, maximizing generating efficiency.

New Leaf open through December 18

New Leaf Garden Center owner Laurie Laird is ready to stop working 50-60 hours per week: “It’s time to stop and smell the roses,” she told the Ada Icon. Laird has been the sole owner of the garden center at 0395 State Route 235 since 1991. This year, she sold the Ada location to a business yet to be announced. At the 927 E Columbus St., Kenton location, new owners will begin operating the shop in 2022.

Marchal patents design for improved battery clamp

Bill Marchal, the former owner of the Bluffton Dari Freeze, has received a patent for his invention of an improved style battery clamp that can easily be attached and removed without tools.

When asked about his background as an inventor, Marchal noted that he’s always looking for ways to make things work better. As an ice cream shop owner, he invented a better way to heat up hot fudge, the No Water Bath thermal transfer pad. 

As a boy, he wanted to win a drawing for a bicycle at the local grocery store. To enter, you had to buy a box of laundry soap. He proceeded to buy boxes and sell them to neighbors; one bought twelve boxes. And he won the bicycle.

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