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A plea from the dog shelter

Found in the outside kennel on Dec14. If this is your dog, please contact the shelter at 419-674-2209.

If you put a dog in the outside kennel after hours, please call the Kenton Police or Sheriff's Department so that they can notify the dog warden to go out and put the dog inside. With this cold weather, we hate see dogs left in the outside kennel overnight.

This house remembers many Christmases past

John and Christina Dean working on restoration of this historic Ada home

MORE PHOTOS BELOW -

By Monty Siekerman
John and Christina Dean sit on the steps of their home, which is nicely decorated for the holidays.

But there is much more to this story - the home at 125 E. Lincoln Ave. has undergone refurbishing this summer, and the two-story structure is one of the oldest houses in town.

Plus, a business card from the original owner was found in the flooring while working on exterior cellar doors four years ago.

It's on Christopher Circle

The Blair and Cindy Rorabaugh home on Christopher Circle includes many new cutouts decorating their yard for Christmas this year. Cindy did the sawing using patterns from Jane Helser. Blair installed the creation. Grandsons Aaron, 8, and Andrew, 12, did the painting. The Rorabaughs are familiar with snow, having served a Nazarene church in Alaska before retiring to Ada.

Ada Kiwanis Key Club members in action - wrapping gifts at ReStore

Leadership and service - club has members from Ada, Kenton, USV, Hardin Northern

By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a new organization for any high school student in the county. The Key Club focuses on leadership and service.

The teen club has helped at Crock Pot Tuesday at Ada ReStore, and last weekend members helped wrap presents during the ReStore shopping spree. Previously, Key Club members made blankets for the OSU Extension Office blanket project.

Officers are Elizabeth Heintz, president; Brittani Combs, vice president; Haley Hunt, secretary; Olivia Brown, club editor; and Maria Espinoza, webmaster. Jennifer Rogers is advisor.

Icon dog of the week - Sadie

Meet Sadie. Sadie is a 1 year old female lab mix, She weighs 50 pounds. Can you offer Sadie her forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

With a steady stream of shoppers

Vancrest's second holiday craft grows from last year

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
In only its second year, the craft fair at Vancrest drew a large number of vendors--34--and a steady stream of shoppers throughout the day on Saturday.

Customers found a huge variety of holiday and everyday items to choose from, including jewelry, Christmas towels, Mary Kay products, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts. 

Here are some scenes from the fair, including people you may know and a glance at some of the one-of-a-kind items that were offered for sale.

Photo: Chris Gibson and daughter Kalua Sleesman hold a truck made by Chris' late husband Tom.

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