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Wind Advisory issued October 19 at 5:16AM EDT until October 19 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until noon EDT today.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusts of 30 to 40 mph will be common, but the highest gusts near 50 mph will be sporadic. Gusts will decrease behind a cold front that will move through the area this morning.

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Not only did the early Precious Blood sisters work the fields and gardens at the Maria Stein convent but through the years they created artwork that lives on. A wax angel, about two feet tall, which likely topped a creche manger.

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Sisters' art endures

MARIA STEIN - Many of the statues and crucifixes at the Maria Stein Center are the artwork of the early sisters who lived and worked in the late 1800's in the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. [More]

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