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ONU Unite for Awareness Week March 23-28

Ohio Northern University will host its ninth annual “Unite for Awareness Week,” a student-driven initiative to bring attention to issues of discrimination, from Sunday, March 23, to Friday, March 28.

All Unite for Awareness Week events are free.

On Sunday, March 23, Open Doors will have a booth set up in the ONU Field House to increase awareness of transphobia.

50 years ago - Ada HS FFA

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Here are members of the Ada High School Future Farmers of America from the 1964 Ada yearbook.

Front from left, Jere Anspach, Gary DeVier, Carl Hackworth, John Everhart, Bruce Hays, Neil Williams and Dave Keller.

Second row from left, Steve Mankey, Tom Brown, Gary Nelson, Al Keller, Dale Miller, Paul Basinger, Sam Hall and Rex Keith.

Third row from left, Paul Baughman, Gary Ludwig, John Hall, Lowell Green, David Ring, Dan Keller, Jim Ludwig and Jim Wright.

Here's this week's Northern on Main specials

Here's this week's special at Northern on Main for March 17-21

• Stacked Corned Beef Sandwich, Potato Salad or Chips and a Fountain Drink, $5.99
• Tortilla Soup with Half a Chipotle Chicken Sandwich and Fountain Drink, $5.99

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce meets Wednesday morning

The March meeting of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce is at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 19, at Community Health Professionals, according to Deb Curlis, chamber presdient.

The agenda includes planning for the spring festival and a ribbon cutting for a new business.

Beverly Justice was a member of the Ada VFW Women's Auxiliary

Beverly R. Justice, 67, died on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 4:35 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima. She was born on December 9, 1946 in Lima, Ohio to Herbert "Hebert" and Rubena "Ruby" (Patton) Prater and they preceded her in death. On October 16, 1965 she married Roy Justice and he survives in Alger.

Beverly was a homemaker. She was a member of the McGuffey Church of Christ. She was a member of the Ada VFW Post #9381 Women's Auxiliary, where she was presently serving as secretary, and was a member of the Moose Women's Auxiliary #863 of Kenton.

John Kleinhen, 1945-2014

John R. Kleinhen, 68, of Ada died at 10 a.m. on March 16, 2014 at Lima Manor. He was born May 29, 1945 in Fostoria to the late Robert and Mary Crawford Kleinhen.

John was a self-employed painter who enjoyed working on classic cars and reading. He was a graduate of Fostoria High School.

Survivors include a son, Robert (Mallory) Kleinhen of Kansas City, Mo., three grandsons, Kaden, Collin and Jace Kleinhen, and two brothers, Steven (Julie) Kleinhen of Eaton, Ohio and Dennis Kleinhen of Naples, Fla.

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