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Jackie A. Bailey, 50, died on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at 6:41 p.m, Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on Sept. 24, 1969, in Lima, Ohio, to John Bailey and Melinda Nichols. Her father and step mother, Wilma Bailey survive in Alger.  Her mother, Melinda Nichols Carpenter survives in West Virginia.

Jackie worked maintenance at McDonald's.  

Cassandra Casiano cuts the ribbon and Gina Murray holds the broom in the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for No Limit Nutrition. With them are a host of family members and friends plus members of the Ada chamber. The new Ada business at 117 E. Lincoln offers nutritious meal replacements. Click here for more details.

The Ohio Northern purchasing department is holding a surplus sale on Friday, Feb. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the University Warehouse on 4611 St. Rt. 235. This sale is open to the public. Items will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

Items for sale include:

  • dorm wardrobes
  • file cabinets (various sizes)
  • classroom tables
  • chairs (various types and conditions)
  • desks
  • miscellaneous decor and glassware
  • televisions

Additional items will be added leading up to the sale. 

Items must be removed at the time of purchase and all sales are final.  

Deadline to enter 6 p.m. Sunday

CLICK HERE to enter the Icon's Oscar Contest.

Just when you thought there were no more Icon contests, the Icon Oscar’s Contest is on the way.

The contest is now accepting entries. The contest includes multi-choice questions, so you can enter even if you don’t have a clue about this year’s movies.

The Oscars ceremony is held on Sunday evening, Feb. 9. The deadline to enter the contest is 6 p.m. on Sunday. The winner receives 6 passes to the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton

Safe Haven is hosting a Chili cook-off on Feb. 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hardin County Sheriff Office Community Room, 1025 S Main St, Kenton.

Tickets are $5, which gives you one bowl of chili, plus chance to taste all entries and vote on your favorite.

Safe Haven is looking for chefs to bring their chili to participate in the contest. Cost to enter your chili is $10. 

To register, call Bev Bahr (419-675-2463) or Deb Destreich (419-679-4147). Deadline to register is this Friday, Feb. 8. See poster for details.

and forgot to turn off the water spigot in January

Someone turned up the heat and forgot to turn off the water spigot last month.

January 2020’s average high temperature was 39.2 degrees and the average low was 27.2 degrees, making the average January temperature slightly above freezing at 33.2 degrees.

Compare those numbers with January’s normal average temperature of 25.4 degrees. 

And,  while most of us don’t remember the snow, January’s total was 5.6 inches. Precipitation was 4.29 inches. Compare that to the normal average precipitation for January of 2.26 inches.

January’s temperatures ranged 56 degrees during the month with a high of 64 on Jan. 11 and a  low was 8 on Jan. 20.

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