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The line through Ada will upgrade its Lima rail yard

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The freight railroad that passes through Ada will begin a multi-million dollar update in its Lima rail yard.

The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE) will receive $462,000 to match $4,358,547 of its own funding and a $4,530,546 grant to assist with upgrades in the Lima Yard and on approximately 11 miles of track from Lima to north-central Indiana.

The announcement was made at the Nov. 18 meeting of the Ohio Rail Development Commission.

CFE was among four grants the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) approved.

School will continue to deliver meals weekly

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Ada schools will continue in its remote learning mode through Friday, Dec. 4, according to an announcement made Friday on the school website by Meri Skilliter, superintendent.

The remote learning mode will be reassessed in early December. The announcement from the school website follows: 

Dear Bulldog Community,
After three weeks of remote learning, the state, the county, our community, and our school community are still experiencing a rise in the number of Covid cases and quarantines. 

We very much have as a goal to get our students back to in-person learning as soon as we are safely able. 

A few tunes on My Gift are worth listening to while preparing dinner for the family. But one can skip buying it

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Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
American country music singer Carrie Underwood is out with My Gift. This is her seventh album and first Christmas-themed effort. Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.

Her debut single, “Inside Your Heaven,” made her the only country artist to enter at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Underwood’s debut album, Some Hearts (2005), featured crossover hits “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats.” She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. The Christmas album dropped in September. 

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Ohio Northern University's fall semester ended early this year by plan. Students finished classes on Nov. 20. The covid-19 pandemic altered ONU's academic calendar with classes beginning earlier this year. Students will not return to campus until after the new year. 

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Marie E. Hall, 98, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at 3:05 a.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center.

She was born on Nov. 12, 1922, in Delphos  to the late Samuel and Ethel (Baxter) Carder. On Oct, 16, 1944, Marie married William W. Hall and he preceded her in death on June 24, 1969.

Marie retired in 1990 after working for 20 years for the Harris Company of Findlay.

She is survived by her four sons: John (Roseann) Hall of Payne, Samuel Hall of Lima, Jerry (Paula) Hall of Ada and Geoffrey (Shirley) Hall of Lima; a daughter, Kathleen Gray of Findlay; nine grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren. 

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Lucy Dyer Rowe, 88 passed away on Friday Nov. 20, at 7:05 p.m. at her home in Alger, surrounded by her family.

She was born on May 19, 1932, in Jump, Ohio, to the late Seward and Mary (Hurt) Dyer. Lucy married Abe Rowe on Nov. 9, 1950, and he preceded her in death on May 3, 2015.

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