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Reading poetry with Amelia: The First Thanksgiving

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

By Amelia Alexander
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This is the first in a series of columns by Ada student Amelia Alexander about "reading and debriefing" poetry. 

“First Thanksgiving” by Sharon Olds

When she comes back, from college, I will see
the skin of her upper arms, cool,
matte, glossy.

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What was the mystery animal of 1956?

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

By Fred Steiner

In late November 1956 – actually this week 66 years ago, the major topic of residents of  the LaFayette and Bluffton area was of a mysterious animal that “cried like a baby and screamed like a woman.”

A front page story in the Bluffton New described the circumstances surrounding this mystery. 

Before you read about the 1956 mystery animal remember to watch Bluffton Forever next week for a story from 1958 about another mystery animal that appeared in the Bluffton rural community. 

The story from the Nov. 29, 1956, Bluffton News follows: 

Head: Cry’s like a baby, screams like a woman 

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Posted by Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

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Winter manure application on farm fields

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

By Glen Arnold, OSU Extension-Manure Nutrient Management Specialist  Edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County.Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator 

HARDIN COUNTY – An unusually dry fall has allowed manure application to farm fields to be ahead  of the normal schedule. Nevertheless, there will still be some application of manure to frozen  ground or snow-covered ground. 

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Thanksgiving roadway fatalities report

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

COLUMBUS – According to provisional statistics, 16 people were killed on Ohio’s roadways this Thanksgiving holiday. During the five-day reporting period, from Wednesday, November 23 at midnight through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 27, 16 people were killed in 15 fatal crashes. In 2021, there were 14 fatal crashes in which 17 people were killed.

Of the 16 killed this year, two were pedestrians, 10 were not wearing a seat belt and six crashes involved impaired driving.

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A Beatitudes Thanksgiving

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, November 29, 2022

By Paula Scott

The Beatitudes Belles set a beautiful Thanksgiving table for more than 35 and prepared an eat-in or take-out feast for some 150 diners on Tuesday, November 22. The free meal was open to all with an RSVP. 

The community center at 210 N. Main St. was filled with the delicious scent of turkey, gravy, dressing, etc., etc. Stacks of desserts were hidden in styrofoam containers. We can only imagine the pots and pans to be washed.

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