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Arnold E. “Gene” Bailey was a U.S. Army veteran

Arnold E. “Gene” Bailey, age 77, of Lima, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 5:44 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on January 20, 1946, in Kenton, Ohio to the late Arnold and Stella (Nichols) Bailey. On November 9, 1976, Gene married Judith E. Smith and she survives in Lima.   

Also surviving are two sons: Eugene Bailey and Darin (Tonya) Bailey; two daughters: Diane Bailey and Sara (Travis) Music; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and cousins: Melinda Carpenter and Carol (Bill) Nevers; and their children: Tori and Angel and their grandson, Chantz.

Don't miss “Paris with Love”

Ada Exempted Village Schools has announced a Varsity Singers community performance at 7:00 p.,m. on Tuesday, March 21 in the auditorium. All are invited to come see the show choir's final performance of the 2022-2023 academic year.

VFW Auxillary Easter Egg Hunt on April 1

The Ada VFW Auxiliary Post 9381 will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 1, rain or shine. There will be an outside hunt if its nice and an indoor hunt if it rains or is cold. Ada VFW is located at 2147 OH 235.

Doors open at 11:00 a.m. with immediate sign-ups. Group hunts will be divided by age groups. Group hunt times:

Kappa Alpha Theta Easter Egg Hunt on April 2

The sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta at ONU will host their annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 2 starting at 11:00 a.m. at Ada's War Memorial Park.

Please arrive by 10:45 a.m. when rules will be explained and children will be grouped by age.

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Published and student poets featured at April 4 ONU English reading series

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The ONU English Reading Series will welcome poet and professor Kristin LaFollette to campus for its spring presentation at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4.

She will read alongside creative writing student Dakari Ward in the Elzay Gallery of Art, 503 S Gilbert St. The reading will be followed by a Q & A and book signing.

This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Free and open to the public, this reading is supported with a generous gift from Phil Oleson, BSPh '66, and Mary (Montswil) Oleson, BSPh '70.

LaFollette is a writer, artist, and scholar from the Midwest. She is the author of Hematology. winner of the 2021 Harbor Editions Laureate Prize, and Body Parts, winner of the 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Prize.

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Special elections in Hardin County on May 2

There will be no Primary Election held in May 2023 in Hardin County, Ohio. 

There will be a Special Election held on May 2, 2023 for the Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District and the Riverdale School District. The Board of Elections is accepting absentee applications for those 2 Districts for May 2.

For more information on 2023 elections in Hardin County, visit https://www.boe.ohio.gov/hardin/

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