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Sheriff Everhart speaks to Kiwanis on Jan. 10

Posted by Beth Downing on Monday, January 9, 2017

The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet on Tuesday January 10th, at noon in the Dean's Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.

Kiwanian Charles Van Dyne will be in charge of the club program.

Hardin County Sheriff Keith A. Everhart will be the guest speaker.

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Garbrecht listed in fair condition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 8, 2017

Dennis "Doc" Garbrecht was listed in fair condition Saturday evening at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus following a fire at his home, 301 E. North Ave.,  on Thursday morning. His wife, Peg, who was also home at the time, was uninjured. The family is being assisted by ReStore and other agencies. Click here for more of Ken Collins' photos of the fire. (Ken Collins photo)
 

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Ada High School yearbooks now online

Yearbooks from 1913 to 2015 on library's website
Posted by Rhett Grant on Sunday, January 8, 2017

Ada High School Yearbooks, ranging from 1913 to 2015, are now available online via the Ada Public Library's website.

The choice to digitize the yearbook came out of a two-fold concern: preservation of the oldest yearbooks, that are beginning to fall apart; and concern for making as much of the library's collection available to the public, especially those doing genealogical research who are unable to make it to Ada.

To access the yearbooks, one must only:

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ONU Men's Basketball: 5 score double figures

By Tim Glon
Posted by Beth Downing on Saturday, January 7, 2017

ADA — Ohio Northern had five players score in double figures and shot 59 percent from the floor in a 101-91 victory over No. 13-ranked Marietta on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears (6-7 overall, 4-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) got 19 points each from seniors Devon Allen (Lima/Senior), Konnor Baker (Ada) and Aron Thress (Lancaster/Amanda-Clearcreek).

The Polar Bears meet Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m. on Wednesday In the ONU Sports Center.

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Baby it's cold outside!

Photo by Ken Collins
Posted by Beth Downing on Saturday, January 7, 2017

Ken Collins gives us a Saturday morning view of his thermometer. The temp eventually reached 1 below with the wind-chill even worse. We looked for people to photograph braving the frigid weather, but no one was outside. Duh. Hark! Expect mid 40s Tuesday, even 50s Thursday. Hang on.

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Aftermath of the fire on E. North Ave

Photo by Ken Collins
Posted by Beth Downing on Saturday, January 7, 2017

Dennis "Doc" Garbrecht was listed in fair condition Saturday evening at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus following a fire at his home, 301 E. North Ave., on Thursday morning. His wife, Peg, who was also home at the time, was uninjured.

The fire began in the laundry room, but what ignited the fire has not been determined yet. The two-story home was a total loss.
Four fire departments responded to the fire in very cold weather, battling the blaze for five hours. The Garbrechts were alerted to a fire by a smoke detector.

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