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Ready, set, hike...here comes Wilson's football garage sale

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It could be the largest single garage sale in Hardin County - make that northwestern Ohio.

"It's" Wilson Sporting Goods Co., football garage sale. This year's sale is from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14, on the Wilson property.

The sale brings a couple thousand football and other sports fans to Ada for a once-a-year chance for footballs including overruns, blemished footballs, scrap footballs and many other miscellaneous sporting goods items.

The company is already staking out the area where sale items will be on sale.

 

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Weather: Looks like no rain in sight

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The first nine days of September weather have ranged fairly wide, according to local weather observer Guy Verhoff.

Our highest temperature during that time was 91 degrees (F) on Monday, September 9 and our lowest temperature was 47 degrees (F) during the overnight of September 6.

Notably, we had very little rain in the first nine days of September.  The first and second days held less than four one-hundredths of an inch of rain.  And no rain has fallen since.

The greatest temperature swing in one day was on Monday, September 9 when the high was 91 degrees and the low was 57 degrees, a difference of 34 degrees in one day.

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First United Methodist Women serving lunch at Harvest & Herb Fest; quilt drawing at 1:30 p.m.

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The Ada First United Methodist Women will serve a lunch at the N-Men’s Club from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Harvest and Herb Fest, Saturday, Sept. 21.

The a la carte menu will include chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, beef and chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, salad, brownie, fruit pies, and beverages.

A drawing for the queen-size quilt, designed by Cathy Smalley, “Butterfly Garden,” will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the N-Men’s Club. Tickets will be available for the quilt.  Proceeds from food and ticket sales support missions. 

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Colleges Against Cancer Hosts 5K Glow Run Sept. 20 at ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Ohio Northern University’s Colleges Against Cancer and Student Planning Committee are hosting a 5K Glow Run on Friday, Sept. 20, at 8 pm. The run will be located at the Green Monster, which is the track surrounding the perimeter of the campus. The race will begin by the mud volleyball courts, east of the football field.

Registration is $15 and includes a T-shirt and glow sticks. The first 15 participants to register will receive extra glow gear. To guarantee a T-shirt, please register by Friday, Sept. 13.

This event is open not only to ONU students and faculty, but also Ada and the surrounding communities. All proceeds will go to Relay for Life.

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Ada Area Chamber of Commerce meet Wednesday morning

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the community room of Community Health Professionals, according to Deb Curlis, president.

This is a change of date for the meeting, which is usually on the third Wednesday of the month.

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Marketing your product, success and failures topic of Sept. 26 workshop

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 9, 2013

Community Economic Development Center presents entrepreneur workshop on ‘Marketing your product, success and failures’

The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University opens its 2013-14 entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Thursday, Sept. 26. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.

The topic of the workshop will be “Marketing your product, success and failures. Making the Milestone system work” with Dennis D. Stripe. This event is free and open to the public.

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