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Town and Gown celebrates one-half century! Tickets for Nov. 2 event now available

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 22, 2015

The 50th annual Ada Town and Gown Banquet will be held in the McIntosh Center ballroom on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Monday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m. Guests may arrive at 6 p.m.

The Town and Gown Association was established in 1957 by a group of townspeople and ONU personnel to develop and maintain a strong positive relationship between the village of Ada and Ohio Northern. As with each year, the honor of Distinguished Citizen of the Year will be given to an individual nominated by fellow citizens.

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No, it's not snow

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 22, 2015

No, it hasn't snowed yet.

Here's a field on State Route 235 just south of U.S. 30. The farmer has applied lime on the fields to raise the pH of the soil.

According to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County Extension office: Generally, fertilizers that are applied to soils for plant nutrition lower the pH of soils over time. Therefore, ag lime is applied according to soil test recommendations to raise the pH of the soil to a range that plants will grow better.

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Place your order by Friday for football playoff shirts and sweatshirts

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 22, 2015

The Ada Athletic Boosters are taking orders for Bulldog football state playoff Division VII shirts.

Shirts are purple with vegas and white designs. Two options are available:
• T-shirts for $10 each
• Hooded sweatshirts for $20 each

The order deadline is Friday, Oct. 23. Checks are payable to Ada Athletic Boosters. Forms must be returned to the Ada High School office, elementary office or Reichert's on Main Street.

Call 419-634-2881 for more details.

A  order form is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Ada has eight of 12 stops on this year's Candy Cane Tour of Homes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Eight Ada locations are on this year’s Keep Hardin County Beautiful Candy Cane Tour of Homes.

This year’s tour is from noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, and pre-sale tickets are on sale in Ada at New Leaf Garden Center and from Don Traxler, a commission member of Keep Hardin County Beautiful.

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"Triple conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mars" coming to a sky near you on Oct. 28

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

October, November and December night time skies are worth watching. Here's an update on what's up from the Ohio Northern University Astronomy Observatory. Three of these e events are programs at the observatory open to the public.

On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 28, there will be a triple conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mars in the eastern sky. The three planets will form a tight, 1-degree triangle. There will be no observatory event for this, but it is an easy event to enjoy with the naked eye.

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Congressman Latta's rep at Ada library Oct. 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

A staff member from Congressman Bob Latta's office will be at the Ada Public Library from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, to hear from Ada area residents about concerns and issues.

Social security, Medicare, and veterans affairs are usually the top three concerns at meetings such as this which are held throughout the district.

If residents have opinions about other issues (immigration, Chinese computer hacking, guns, infrastructure, budget, etc.) they may voice them to the staff member who will be present.

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