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Book store cash mob

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Deb Curlis (left) and Chris Burns-DiBiasio stand at the Buy Ada First display table during Tuesday's cash mob at the Ohio Northern University book store. (Richard Gainey photo)

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You can tell your grandchildren you remember when it was 19 below zero in the winter of '14

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Nineteen degrees below zero.

Remember to tell your grandchildren this story some day. Perhaps they will believe you. The low temperature reading for Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2014. in the Bluffton-Ada area reached 19 degrees below zero, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
And, it was one of seven of out eight days in a row with a minimum daily temperature of below zero.

The maximum temperatures during that eight-day stretch weren't much to brag about either. The high was only 30 on Wednesday, Feb. 13.

To view the daily weather summary for February, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Ada chamber holds ribbon cutting at The Barber Shop on Main Feb. 19

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its February meeting at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Community Health Professionals, according to Deb. Curlis, president.

Immediately  following the meeting chamber members visit The Barber Shop on Main for a ribbon cutting ceremony. 

Here are other announcements from the chamber:

• The Inn at ONU restaurant is now open for lunch. It has different specials each week.

• Community Health Professionals will be hold an garage sale on Friday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, Feb. 21.  All proceeds go to patient Hospice fund. 

• Buy Local group is sponsoring a Cash Mob at ONU book store on Tuesday, Feb,  3 - 5 p.m. 

 

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Alger Memorial Fest' Committee serving breakfast March 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast on Saturday, March 1, from 7 to 11 a.m.

Serving biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage. Suggested donation is $7. All-you-can-eat (on premises only). Carry out is available. Can’t get there? Call 419-679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery.

Located at the Alger Social Center on Main Street. in Alger Call 419-757-3891 for more information.

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ArtSpace/Lima two-evening exhibit will come to ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

ArtSpace/Lima will have a two-night showing of Phil Sugden’s installation, Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God, Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22, from 6 - 9 p.m., in its Ellen Nelson Gallery.

Phil Sugden is Assistant Professor of Art at Bluffton University. His work has been exhibited in more than 90 solo and 130 group shows internationally, including galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Washington, D.C., Melbourne, and Kathmandu. 

He studied painting in Paris under French painter, Arnaud D'Hauterives (winner, Grand Prix de Rome), at the New York School of Visual Arts and the Paris American Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris,

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Jean Hanson was owner of Green Tree Stable, Ada

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, February 17, 2014

N. Jean Hanson, age 84, died on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 2:14 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical System, Lima.

Hanson was born on July 27, 1929 in Rimer, Ohio to Charles and Irene (Myers) McBride and they preceded her in death. She first married Robert Rieman on May 28, 1949 and he died on September 30, 1971. She then married Wellington A. Hanson on February 28, 1975 and he died July 12, 1975.

She was the owner and an instructor at Green Tree Stable, Inc. of Ada. She was a former member of the Morgan Horse Association and a part-time resident of Surprise, Ariz.

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