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Cold Weather Advisory issued January 31 at 5:25PM EST until February 1 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 13 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 13 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Very cold temperatures can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.

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. Pictured above is a papier mache crucifix.

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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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