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Here's a weather update from AEP:

Severe thunderstorms containing damaging wind gusts to 60 mph will threaten portions of AEP Ohio and I&M Power this afternoon into early tonight. A hot, humid, and increasingly unstable air mass is in place over the region. An approaching upper-level disturbance and cold front will trigger the storms.

AEP meteorologists have identified two elevated risk areas:
• Northeast Ohio...primarily from western Ohio across the Canton District. A line of thunderstorms should develop and intensify over western Ohio early this afternoon, then track east. Numerous wind gusts to 60 m.p.h. will be the main threat.

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International Paper is nearing completion on the 250,000 square foot expansion at its Kenton manufacturing facility.

As final construction continues and new equipment begins installation, IP credits community organizations for being advocates behind growth for the company and 125 jobs that will be created in the Kenton community. Representatives from the Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance (HCCBA) and JobsOhio recently visited the facility for an update and tour of the project progress.

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A Lincoln Highway ByWay meeting takes place Friday, June 12, at 1 p.m. in the Ada Historical Depot. 

The meeting is open to all persons interested in assisting in this year's event, according to Angela Polacheck, Ada village administrative assistant.

 

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Get out your lawn chair and head to the depot park on Friday evening.

Music on Main returns to Ada Friday night, June 12, thanks to efforts of the Buy Ada First ad-hoc group.

Activities center around the depot park and visitors are encouraged to visit downtown businesses.

Here's the activities planned:
• 5 p.m. - Small business vendor show in the depot
• Free ice cream provided by Dietsche Brothers - until supply lasts
• 6 to 8 p.m. music by Kwik Fire - sponsored by Liberty National Bank
• Rotary Club chicken barbecue - pickup at Hays Insurance parking lot

The next Music on Main is Friday, July 10.

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Miss Vicki’s Music Studio, 2613 State Route 81, Ada, is now accepting registrations for its Summer Sounds Choral Festival planned for Monday to Friday, Aug. 3-7, according to Vicki Mills, studio owner.

Grace Gospel Church, 321 N. Gilbert St., Ada, is the location of the week-long festival.

The festival is for second to fourth graders and fifth to eighth graders. Sessions are daily from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday to Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.

Singing, special instruments, music games, movement, arts and crafts and a community concert is part of the festival, according to Mills. “It will be lots of fun,” she said.

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More than 80 people gathered on the Tundra Friday evening to watch "Frozen," the first Family Fun Night of the summer.

"Toy Story" will be shown free on July 3 at dusk (about 9:15 p.m.). The outdoor movie series is sponsored by the Freed Center for the Performing Arts and Bluffton Hospital.

ReStore sold popcorn, pop, and candy, making the movie-going experience authentic.
"Frozen" was shown on a hot summer day in Ada, but by nightfall the weather was pleasant. It was out with the blankets and lawn chairs to watch the 2013 Disney animated musical fantasy-comedy.

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