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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Photo by Margie Wuebker/The Daily Standard

Retired teacher Dorothy Hertenstein of New Bremen rings the trusty bell that once signaled the end of recess periods at New Bremen Elementary School. Hertenstein has hundreds of bells in her large collection including some examples in the foreground.

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