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Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance Economic Development Committee and for those members who would like to participate on the committee will hold its first meeting of 2016 from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at the new Ridgemont School in Mt. Victory.

"We are pleased by the invitation of the Ridgemont School District and Superintendent Emmy Beeson for hosting our meeting and providing a personal tour of the new state-of-the-art facility," said Jon Cross of the Alliance. 

Call 419-673-4131 to confirm your RSVP.

Old Man Winter arrived in Ada on Jan. 10.  The old guy has a mean streak as he arrived the same day that all Ohio Northern Unviersity students were to return to campus.

Like it or not, he's here. Ken Collins drove around town and provided these views to prove that winter is finally in Ada.

Earlier in the day Hardin County Sheriff's Office announced a snow advisory. Another story on this page tells about a weather-related accident on State Route 235.

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Photos and story by Ken Collins

Hardin County is under a winter weather advisory.

The advisory is no fluke as it demonstrates the conditions of the road in this weather-related traffic accident north of Ada.

While rescue workers were on the scene, Ada-Liberty Township Fire blocked the northbound Route 235 at Hardin County Road 20, about two miles north of Ada.

The photo above looks to the north, with one addition photo in this series, below, is shot from the Liberty Baptist Church parking lot on County Road 20 just west of 235.

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
This company has been in Ada for 24 years. It has 11 employees working in a facility with 25,800 square. Know it?

The North American Stamping Group is located at 605 E. Montford, in Grass Run Industrial Park.

In Ada, the company began as City Tool and Die in 1992, which was bought by Universal Engineering in 1996, which was bought by NASG in 2002.

Locally, Gary Wicker of Waynesfield has been operations manager for 15 years. He has been with the company 36 years.

Photo and story by Monty Siekerman

ReStore has a new floor and is once again open for business, meals, and events.

The community center closed in mid-December, after sponsoring many Christmas events, and reopened Tuesday with the nonskid, multicolored floor.

Here, Dana Walters, director, and Robert Kanzig, assistant director, admire the upgrade.

The original floor was installed many years ago when the Main Street location was known as Messick's Dime Store, later to be Peper Drugs for many years.

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Hardin County is celebrating the completion of its 10th year of existing in Hardin County. 

The library is a unique early years book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until five years of age, creating a home library of up to 60 books and instilling a love of books and reading from an early age.

Any community in the USA, Canada, Australia or UK may replicate the Imagination Library and sponsor the regular gifting of books to every child under five in their community.

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