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Grace Gospel Church groundbreaking

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Grace Gospel Church, 321 N. Gilbert, will have a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fellowship hall next Sunday after the church service, about 11:30 a.m. A pot luck will follow.

The 40x80 foot addition will be attached to the northwest side of the present structure. The current fellowship hall will be remodeled into a classroom, a library/lounge, and have expanded restrooms.

Pastor Trent Boedicker, an Ada High School grad who received his ministerial degree from Grace Bible College, has served the local church for 17 years.

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Relay for Life raises $17,000 for cancer

12 hours of musical chairs, cornhole, pie a professor, luminarias...just for starters
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The Ohio Northern University 12-hour Relay for Life in the Sports Center on Friday night/Saturday morning generally raises about $17,000 for cancer.

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Many organizations help with the event that honors survivors, remembers those who passed on, and provides money for cancer research and education.

ONU's annual Relay for Life begins with a walk honoring cancer survivors. The survivors were encouraged on with applause as they circled the track at the beginning of the night/morning event which included events every hour from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m.

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Polar bear meets Polar Paws

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

Klondike the polar bear meets Polar Paws puppies at Relay for Life. There are 9 puppies in training at ONU to be service dogs. The group of ONU canine "Moms" and "Dads" is named Polar Paws, proving that Polar Bears aren't the only ones with paws. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Changing of the guard at Ada Flea Market

Gus Guthrie turns over the keys to Dan McCrory, new owner
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
It was changing of the guard Saturday at the Ada Flea Market when Gus Guthrie (right) handed off the keys to the new owner, Dan McCrory of Rawson.

Gus, who opened the flea market 5 years ago, is retiring from the business but will continue to pastor St. Paul's United Church of Christ. On Friday, Dan retired from Ball Metal in Findlay after 38 years. He began ownership of the store the next day.

He and his wife, Cindy, said they will enjoy operating a store with ever-changing merchandise and repurposing the goods sold there, all at bargain prices.

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Sara Weddle-Cleveland, 1930 - 2017

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, April 1, 2017

Sara Mae (Petty) Weddle -Cleveland, age 86, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 3:45am at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.

            She was born on May 16, 1930 in Wooster, Ohio to Ralph and Mildred (Rosenlieb) Petty and they preceded her in death.    On May 29, 1948 she married Samuel E. Weddle who died on March 6, 1995.  On October 26, 2007 she married Floyd L. Cleveland and he survives in Harrod.

            Sara was a beautician and she owned and operated Sara’s Beauty Shop in Harrod.  She was a member of the Maysville United Methodist Church of Maysville, Ohio.  She was a graduate of Fredrick's Beauty College in Lima, Ohio. 

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Strip coal mine tests may occur here resulting in economic boost

Thanks to relaxed governmental rules on the environment
Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, April 1, 2017

The current U.S. administration’s emphasis on coal could mean jobs and industries coming soon to the Ada-Bluffton area, although not all residents are excited about it.

One of northwestern Ohio’s untouched economic payloads is an enormous vein of Anthracite coal stretching from Sidney to Bowling Green. The coal lies beneath the pumped out natural gas and oil fields, which boomed here in the 1890s.

According to the U.S. Survey of Geology, the coal is about 200 feet under the soil. The northwestern Ohio vein was never mined because of the expense involved and because it was under oil and gas fields.

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