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Frost Advisory issued May 1 at 12:19PM EDT until May 2 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and southwest and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

The papier mache figures made by the Precious Blood sisters back in the 1800s were made of strips of newspaper and held together by a wet wash. The disassembled statue above clearly shows the newspapers used were German. At one time, there were at least two newspaper published locally in German.

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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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