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Wait a minute...I know where that is located

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 21, 2016

In our continuing quest to stump our readers, can you identify where this is located.
Answer: ONU Planetarium, a view of, perhaps Saturn with a ring, inlaid in brick on the east side of the building, which can be seen by drivers along Lincoln Ave.

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Thanks to Brit Rowe and ONU graphic design students there will be lots of history talk Friday night at the depot

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 21, 2016

Upper-level design students from Ohio Northern University will host a Grafik Intervention on Friday, April 22, from 8 to 10 p.m. in Ada.

The event will take place at the historic Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, located in the business district.

In addition, an exhibit will highlight the history and significance of the depot beginning at 8 p.m. Parking will be limited to the east end of the depot’s parking lot.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Ada farmers: No need to read this; it's a corn planting primer for the rest of us

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 21, 2016

Corn needs to be planted during suitable conditions and not by a calendar date.  For northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10.  

After this date, yields generally decline because of a shorter growing season.  Corn planted before this time period will often have weakened or poor stands because of extended cool, wet conditions.

This optimal planting date window allows plants to take advantage of longer periods of daylight, pollinate earlier, and mature before a killing frost.  

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Sprayers and fertilizer trucks starting to roll outside Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Story by Mark Badertscher - photo by Monty Siekerman.
What a difference a week of warm weather makes. 

Soil temperatures are warming up and fields are starting to dry.  Sprayers and fertilizer trucks are starting to roll.  Spring planting season is almost upon us, providing the rain forecast later this week doesn’t slow things down. 

It is still early, and for northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10. 

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Easter House B&B owners first place winners in Bluffton business plan competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Owners of Easter House Bed and Breakfast, Ada, are winners of the Emerging Business Division of this year's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs business plan competition, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president.

Owners Amy Eddings and Mark Hilan of Easter House, 508 N. Main St., Ada, will receive $4,000 over the next 18 months in business start-up assistance from BCE. 

Cash awards of $6,000 were awarded this year. Prize money and gifts-in-kind went to five competitors. Winners were announced at BCE’s business expo at The Centre, Bluffton, in late March.

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Wednesday's CIC meeting will not take place

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The April Ada CIC meeting is cancelled, according to Ada village officials. The meeting was set for Wednesday, April 20.

The original purpose of the meeting was to take action regarding a Port Authority financing program. That action is now not required.

The next Community Improvement Corp. meeting is at noon, Wednesday, May 18.

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