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Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, will offer an Easter brunch on Sunday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m..  The regular menu is not available and reservations are strongly suggested:  567-226-1120.

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Several Ada churches will have Maundy Thursday services at 7 p.m. They are:

• First Presbyterian Church of Ada, 200 S. Main
• First United Methodist Church, 301 N. Main
• County Line Church of the Brethren, 4227 N. Hardin Road
• St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 125 S. Johnson

Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. Depending on the nation, culture, or denomination the service could include washing of the feet, ringing of bells, a procession, and stripping the altar bare at the conclusion of the service in anticipation of Good Friday.

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Here is the Holy Week church service schedule for Ada and area congregations.

Ada First Baptist Church, 350 W. North St.
Good Friday Service, 7 pm
Sunday, Easter Breakfast, 8 am
Sunday School, 9 am
Worship Service 10:15 am

First Presbyterian Church of Ada, Main and Lincoln
Sunrise Service, 7:30 am
Breakfast, 8 am
Worship Service, 10:30 am

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 222 E. Highland
Friday, mime service by high school students, noon
Good Friday, 7 pm
Easter Sunday, Regular Hours for Worship Services

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When the crocuses start to appear in the Ada depot park lawn, it is a certain sign of spring. 

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By Monty Siekerman
How do you mix several flavors into many buckets of popcorn?

You ask ONU mechanical engineering students to invent a process that will save time and money and results in less waste.

As a senior capstone project, four students took on the challenge last fall at the request of Pete Suter, the owner of Shirley's Popcorn in Bluffton.

They designed and built a system for measuring and dispensing the ingredients into small packages which are sealed for use on demand.

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The Ohio Northern University Department of English completes its 2015 Spring Reading Series with poet Anthony Madrid in the Elzay Gallery of Art on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m.

Madrid, who lives in Chicago, has published poems in “Best American Poetry 2013,” “Boston Review,” “Fence,” “Lana Turner,” “LIT” and “Poetry”. His first book is called “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” He has written in forms such as the ghazal and rhyming quatrain, bringing a contemporary, associative, and surreal sensibility to received forms.

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