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ONU receives EPA grant to fund limestone project

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Friday, October 17, 2014

The T.J. Smull College of Engineering has received a $15,000 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to fund “The Lowering CO2 Emission and Making Concrete More Environmentally Friendly by Adding Limestone” project.

Under the supervision of Ahmed Abdel-Mohti, assistant professor of civil engineering, and Bryan Boulanger, associate professor of civil engineering, Ohio Northern civil engineering students will spend the year investigating a design to make concrete more environmentally friendly by adding limestone.

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Christmas Around the Square Nov. 8 at the Hardin County courthouse

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Friday, October 17, 2014

The 28th annual Christmas Around the Square Craft Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 8 in the Hardin County Historic Courthouse in downtown Kenton.

Sponsored by the Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance, the craft fair features arts, crafts, and home party dealers. The Harco Choir will perform holiday music at 9:30 a.m.and Dance Fuzion will perform on the west side of the courthouse at 10 a.m. Food is provided by the Hardin County Homemakers.

The annual basket auction begins at 11 a.m. in Veteran’s Hall. The auction features 30 baskets filled with gift items. 

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Have a cookie

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 17, 2014

Have a cookie. It's a special cookie, because it smells like a pumpkin. It's not a real cookie, however. It's just Play Doh. The baker is a student at the Ohio Northern University Pre-School.

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One more homecoming court - from 15 years ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 17, 2014

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Members of the 1999 Ada High School homecoming court from left, Chelsey Hood, freshman; Jennifer Dye, sophomore; Elisa Lenssen, junior;  Erin Reichert, senior queen; Kristin Zsembik, senior attendant; and Susan Beckley, senior attendant. Escorts, not photographed were Tom Martin, freshman, Joe Wobler, sophomore, Bill Putt, junior, and seniors Mark Conley and Jeff Keifer. The homecoming king was Quinn Pifer.

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Liberty Township experienced 24 inches of rain during 2014 growing season

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 17, 2014

By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator

During the month of September, Hardin County Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 2.08 inches of rain.The most rain for this month, 3.58 inches, fell in Liberty Township, as measured by Phil Epley. 

The least rain reported during the month, 1.05 inches, was reported in Taylor Creek Township by Silver Creek Supply.  During the same month last year, an average of 3.23 inches of rain fell.  The rainfall recorded in September over the past 10 years averaged 3.70 inches. 

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Ada Whiz Quiz team will be on Channel 44

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 17, 2014

Champions have been crowned in the TV-44 Whiz Quiz Tournament with Van Wert and St. Marys claiming top title in each respective tournament bracket. The annual televised event included 30 high school quiz teams, divided evenly  into two different brackets, each bracket with three days of competition until crowning a champion.

Bracket one, aka, the Fall Whiz Quiz Tournament, included the following teams: Coldwater, Patrick Henry, Riverdale, Delphos St. Johns, Elida, Paulding, Versailles, Van Wert, Findlay, New Bremen, Shawnee, Bellefontaine, Continental, Arcadia and Allen East.

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