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Members of the Pawsitive Attitudes 4-H Club, Abigail, Catherine Jonathan and Ruth Anne Osborne, with their co-advisor Lydia Osborne, attended the DairyPalooza (West) event held recently at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.

Attendees learned from professionals who came from all over the state to encourage and instruct 4-H members.  A comprehensive Quality Assurance program was also provided, which attendees found highly informative and enjoyable.

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The Alger Memorial Festival Committee would like to thank all of the participants in the Memorial Day Parade and the many residents who came to watch. You make our parade a success.

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Ruth Clark, 92, died on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. at Primrose Retirement Community of Mansfield.

She was born on July 11, 1922, in Ada, Ohio, to Edward and Inez (Asire) Weber who preceded her in death. On March 27, 1948, she was married to Joseph Clark and he preceded her in death on May 23, 2003.

She had previously been employed by the Swift Company and Telegram Office in Lima. She was a member of the LaFayette Congregational Christian Church and was a past president of the Women’'s Fellowship there. She also served as a den mother for the Boys Scouts.

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Dr. Joe Baughman (right) chats with Tom Dearth and Joyce Rodgers at the Ada High School alumni banquet held at the Ada Schools on Saturday evening.

Dr. Baughman, M.D., Ph.D., Ada High School class of 1950, was inducted into the school's Hall of Honors.

He spent his professional life as as a researcher for pharmaceutical companies, specializing in hematology.
After retiring, he and his wife moved from Flemington, N.J., to Burlington, N.C.

Tom, an Ada teacher for 31 years, now retired, is past president of the association. Joyce has served as president this past year.

Eighty-six people attended the catered banquet. (Monty  Siekerman)

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Ada High School graduate Kendra Paul, now an Ohio Northern University sophomore, is a quick learner.

Two weeks ago at the Ohio Athletic Conference outdoor track and field meet she toss the javelin 38.62 meters (126.7 feet), finishing second in the women’s javelin throw at the meet.

A PHOTO OF HER OAC 39.62 METER TOSS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

That toss, her personal record, is also the second-longest throw ever by a woman in the sport at Ohio Northern. Her toss was two meters shy of qualifying for the Division III national meet.

Not bad for an athlete who held a javelin for the first-time ever last October.

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Michael Rush adjusts a bike helmet for his son Jacob, 6, during Saturday bike rodeo sponsored by the Ada police department.

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