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Is it a fiber art creation, a weaving, or perhaps winter hats at Reichert's? If you guessed winter hats you are correct. Check the next photo for proof.

They go for $50 on the Wilson website

We’ve been discovered!

Would you like a Wilson vintage Ada factory shirt?

You can’t buy them in Ada, but for $50 you can make a purchase from the Wilson.com website.

The vintage Ada shirt is listed among several additional items from the Super Bowl LIII Shop that opened this morning following the Super Bowl.

For example, you may also purchase a Super Bowl LIII metallic New England commemorative football for $39.99.

Extensive feature on "how a cow becomes a football"

From Farm to Field, and Every Point Between: How a Cow Becomes a Football.

That’s the title of an extensive story in the Jan. 31 Sports Illustrated written by Kalyn Kehler. And, the story mentions the Wilson faculty in Ada, including photos of footballs being made.

The lead-in to the story states: “You’ve seen it snapped, thrown, kicked and spiked. But chances are you’ve never considered the origin story of an NFL ball – or how painstaking the process is to get every detail just right.”

The feature also mentions Rodabaugh Brothers Meats, Pandora, a supplier, and Tom Wagner, Bluffton farmer, and steer producer.

A Valentine craft and vendor show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Ada Depot, 112 Central Ave.

Vendors include:

Volunteer income tax assistance - VITA

Taxpayers in Hardin and surrounding counties can find free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

The VITA Program offers free tax help to persons who generally make $54,000 or less who need assistance in preparing their tax returns. As part of this program, ONU students receive training and become IRS-certified to help prepare basic and intermediate tax returns and identify special credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly.

Kritzler Lectureship in Chemistry Tuesday

Marc A. Hillmyer will discuss “How sustainable polymers can shape the future of plastics” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,  Feb. 5, in the Forum of James F. Dicke Hall at Ohio Northern University. He will give a second, technical lecture, “Renewable, degradable and high-performing aliphatic polyester elastomers,” at 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 in Meyer Hall 204.

Both talks are part of the Kritzler Lectureship in Chemistry Series at ONU, and they are free and open to the public.

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