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Jamie Burger, owner of Simply Torn, sells earrings to Kristin Reams of Ada during Cash Mob event on Friday sponsored by Buy Ada First Committee. The company began selling online in 2013, then opened at 220 N. Main last November.
(Monty Siekerman)

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People remember your brand via great stories. 

That is why naretiv was founded…to tell your next great story. Naretiv specializes in narrating the brand story of nonprofits and businesses. The agency’s brand narrator and owner is Bruce Morgan.

“I am excited to be opening this agency in Ada after 22 years as a designer, marketing, and communications specialist and a lifetime of telling stories,” said owner Morgan.

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Ohio Northern University is one of the nation’s best universities in terms of “value-added,” and fourth in the state of Ohio, according to a new report published by the Brookings Institution.

The report draws on government and private sources to analyze colleges and universities in terms of “the difference between actual alumni outcomes (like salaries) and the outcomes one would expect given a student’s characteristics and type of institution.” The study is designed to assess how well colleges and universities contribute to their graduates’ economic success.

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Meet the  the Ada High School National Honor Society. New members from left: Ben Bowers, Tommy Chen, Mackenzie Wills, Blake Willeke, Kyley Stuart, Katey Stuart, Rylan Hissong, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick, Claire Toland, Tatum Kilgallon, Brayden Sautter, Aaron Spar, Olivia Gonder, Sidney Faine and Megan Simon.

Senior members Cody Stransky, Gabi Rall, Nolan Roberts, Cort Everhart, Quinn High, Jarod Woodland, Noah Beach, Gabby Linnon, Steven Gray, Alexis Amburgey, Caralee Stover, Terra Hunter, Levi Bass, Tori Wyss and Allison Howard.

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Last week was a great week for farming. Here, a piece of land just west of Grass Run Industrial Park is being tilled in preparation for applying anhydrous ammonia.

Part of the field will be used as a test plot for corn, the remainder put into soybeans.

Hardin County is fourth in the state in the sale of crops and livestock among the 88 counties in Ohio.

Remember, when you get stuck behind a slow-moving piece of farm equipment this time of year that agriculture is big business in Hardin County.
(Monty Siekerman)

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Ray Mumma holds a pipe confiscated from the KISS dressing room when the Rock N Rollers performed at ONU 40 years ago.

Ray said the dressing room smelled of marijuana, the pipe smelled of marijuana, so he confiscated it.

The pipe sat on a shelf in the police department in Ada for many years. Ray was a patrolman at the time, later to become police chief, now retired after 32 years on the force. (Monty Siekerman)

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