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What's wrong with this picture?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

It's a trick question. Nothing's actually wrong with the picture. Except, it was taken on the first day of winter 2015. Looks, and feels more like spring. That's what's wrong. Ken Collins took this photo of Main Street, Ada, looking south toward the Ada Theatre. If you want to see a more traditional winter photo of Main Street, examine Karen Ward's two photos below.

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Farmers will recall 2015 this way: Rain, rain and more rain

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

It wasn’t a good growing season for farmers with floods in late spring and a dry spell in late summer. And, crop prices were down.

TOWNSHIP RAINFALL CHART IS ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.


Liberty Township, the area surrounding Ada, had the most rain of any township in the county with 30.38 total inches. The county average was 24.7 inches.


Here's a rainfall report for the growing season, plus some comments on this year's corn harvest, from Mark Badertscher, agriculture and natural resources extension educator:

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Can you smell the pine scent?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

You can almost smell the pine scent. Ken Collins took this reflective photo of an ornament on a Christmas tree. This photo could be from almost any Ada home.

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Delores Howard 1934-2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Dolores A. Howard, 81, died on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at 8:42 p.m. at Cridersville Healthcare Center, Cridersville.

She was born on Jan. 14, 1934, in LaFayette, Ohio to John and Audrey (Kollars) Hattery, Sr. who preceded her in death. Dolores married Dayton Howard on June 5, 1960, and he survives in Cridersville.

Dolores was a homemaker. She attended the Lima Baptist Temple.

Also surviving are three brothers: John (Joyce) Hatter, Jr. of Bluffton, Mike (Shari) Hattery of Cridersville and Larry (Beverly) Hattery of Utica; and a sister, Mariam (Bill) Sayre of Kenna, W.V.

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Jim Boedicker in Viva Maria on Jan. 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Jim Boedicker, local guitarist and vocalist, performs at Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta on Saturday night. He is on the restaurant's entertainment schedule on a regular basis.

He will next perform at Viva Maria's from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. Jim has been playing the guitar for 50 years. He and Mike Wright teamed together to entertain many times in Ada and the surrounding area. Gospel is their forte.

Viva diners enjoy his mellow voice and soft strumming of familiar songs while they dine. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Strong, severe thunderstorms headed this way tonight

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Scattered damaging wind gusts of 50-60 mph 
An AEP Weather Alert: Unseasonably warm, moist air will arrive in AEP’s East Utilities today ahead of an advancing cold front.

This will most likely result in a broken line of strong-severe thunderstorms crossing the utilities this evening into tonight. The winds aloft will be exceptionally strong…making it probable that some of the thunderstorms will mix down damaging wind gusts.

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