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February 2015

Ada "seniors" meet Feb. 11 at Community Health Professionals

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 9, 2015

The Ada Sernior Citizens will meet Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 12:30 p.m. in the Community Health Professional Building.Those attending will make Valentine crafts for shut-ins and after a short business meeting will play cards and/or board games.

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Different gym - different era

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 9, 2015

Different gym; different era.

Here are the Ada High School varsity cheerleaders from 1989-90 – one quarter century ago.

Varsity cheerleaders, front from left, Jennifer Hanratty, Saray West and Jenn Smith. Top from left, Jill Turner, Josie Aronhalt and Misty Miller.

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Lincoln Highway group meets in Van Wert on Feb. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 9, 2015

The Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will hold its February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m.

Members and guests are invited to dine at The Orchard Tree, 1058 W. Main St., Van Wert. Following dinner, a short business meeting will take place.

At approximately 7:15 p.m., members and guests will tour the Van Wert County Courthouse at 121 E. Main Street in downtown Van Wert. Built in 1876, the Second Empire structure was the first Van Wert County location recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The public is invited.

For questions, please call (419) 203-5779 or (419) 296-5565. 

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Cupid arrives early in Ada - at Community Health Professionals' Saturday gift show

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 8, 2015

Thank heavens for Valentine's Day.

OPEN THE PHOTO ALBUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Love was in the air on Saturday, just in advance of the famous February event during Community Health Professionals gift show and salad buffet The event included food and local vendors displaying great gift ideas for Valentine's Day. 

Profits from the event assist the organization's hospice care fund.

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Tuesday public meeting addresses Klingler Road and Safe Routes to School projects

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Ada council will hold a public meeting in the Ada school media center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, to discuss this year’s Klingler Road Reconstruction Project and Phase 1 of the Safe Routes to School Project.

The Klingler Road Reconstruction Project will be addressed first. This project includes improvements from the railroad south to Lima Avenue.

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Donald K. Dalrymple 1934-2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 8, 2015

Donald K. Dalrymple, 80, died on Feb. 8, 2015, at 2:37 a.m. at the Meadows of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ohio.

He was born on Sept. 28, 1934, in Lima, Ohio, to William F. and Beulah (Jones) Dalrymple and they preceded him in death. On May 24, 1958, he married Patricia LaRue and she survives in Pandora.

He retired from the Ford Motor Company, Lima, in 1997 after working for 32 years. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who served from 1954 to 1958. He attended the Pandora Missionary Church.

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News flash! Junior Winter Guard - first in class

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, February 7, 2015

(From the Ada Music
Boosters Facebook)
Congratulations to Ada! Junior High Winter Guard, First in Class, Junior High Flag Line division; Ada High School Winter Guard, First in Class, Scholastic Open division, at the Ohio Indoor Performance Association competition Saturday, Feb. 7.

Watch the Icon for more details this week.

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Ada host to one of largest ag programs in NW Ohio - over 500 expected to attend

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, February 7, 2015

Farmers in the area will soon have the opportunity to participate in the Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference (CTC), one of the largest agricultural programs in northwestern Ohio.

Over 500 farmers, consultants, industry representatives, government officials and the curious will meet each day of the two day conference to listen to university specialists, industry representatives, and producers discuss new products and ideas for agriculture.

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Frosty and friends show up in Ada lawns this week - here's a review

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 6, 2015

Frosty and his friends showed up in Ada this week. The Icon cell phone camera guy (aka Monty Siekerman) talked with several of these Ada guests.

He files this report:

413 Oak St.
This yard looks like a lunar landscape, but may be a collection of giant snowballs or unfinished work of snowman builders.

430 N. Johnson St. 
A sprig of pine serves as hair for this snowman.

Leftover snow
What do you do with leftover snow? You make a four-snowball snowman.

809 S. Main St. 
Here is a family of three snowmen Looks like one ran through a thicket. 

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Hardin County Lamb & Wool Queen and scholarship forms available

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Friday, February 6, 2015

The Hardin County Sheep Improvement Association is looking for 2015 Lamb & Wool Queen contestants and scholarship applicants.

Eligible candidates for the title, Lamb & Wool Queen, must be age 15 through 20 as of Jan. 1, 2015, and either live on a farm where sheep are produced, or have a sheep project in the Hardin County Junior Fair to be eligible. Contestants must complete an entry form.

For further information about the Lamb & Wool Queen contest, please contact the Sheep Improvement Queen Committee Chair, Kristie Fay at 419-673-8264.

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