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June 2015

July 8 next ReStore senior dance

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The next senior dance at ReStore, 210 N. Main St., Ada, is from 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, July 8. Walter Miller plays the favorites.

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Fishing derby and fish fry latest Hootenannies' activity

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Report by Riley Fleece

The Hardin County Hootenannies met at Advisor Grant Mizek's farm. There we had our Fishing Derby and a fish fry.  We started with a brief meeting.  President Isaac Davis opened and asked Sean Hurley to lead the American pledge and Levi Beiler led the 4-H pledge. Secretary Miranda Holbrook took roll call and asked for our favorite foods.  There were seven members present.

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Sugar Grove United Methodist silent auction, ice cream social July 11

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold its second annual ice cream social and silent auction from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, July 11.

The silent auction will close at 6:45 p.m. and includes several gift baskets and donated items. 

An adult ticket costs $6 and includes a shredded chicken or barbecue sandwich, choice of side, choice of salad, drink, and Dietsch Brothers Ice Cream. 

A child ticket costs $3 and includes hot dog, mac and cheese, applesauce, drink, Dietsch Brothers Ice Cream, and a cookie or brownie. 

For tickets see any church member or call (419) 306-0577.

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Ada Full Gospel Church VBS July 27-30

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Ada Full Gospel Church, 1047 State Route 235, Ada, will hold its Vacation Bible School from Monday, July 27 to Thursday, July 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. The VBS is for youth ages 3 to teens.

VBS planners say: "Grab your expedition gear and prepare for Journey Off the Map! Come join us as we discover truths about Jesus-the Ultimate Guide! Kids will enter the Worship Rally at Overlook and make their first stop in the  Tangled Branch Tree House for Bible study.

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ONU professor, student awarded Best Paper, Third Place at Engineering Education conferen

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Dr. John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University professor of computer engineering and computer science, and ONU student David Reeping, a senior in engineering education from Richfield, Ohio, were recipients of the Best Paper Award, Third Place, from the First-Year Programs Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) during the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference held June 14-17 in Seattle, Wash.

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45 pennant races ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 22, 2015

Here are the Ada boys of summer during the 1969-70 baseball season. That's 45 pennant races ago. Names of the players are under the photo.

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Orange Township pig farm is a surprise to neighbors

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 22, 2015

Story and photo by Amy Eddings

The stereotype of country living is that everyone knows everyone else’s business. That didn’t hold true for neighbors of a new pig barn being built in Hancock County, less than a quarter mile from Hardin County resident Liz Vogt.

“I walk their creek,” she said of the Daft family farm. “I saw that [crews] were digging. I thought I’d go up and see what they were doing. I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if they were building a new barn."

That thought quickly vanished when Vogt learned from construction workers that Bo Daft was indeed building a new barn — a pig barn — for up to 2,500 pigs.

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Here it comes again - watch those skies today

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 22, 2015

AEP provided The Icon with the following weather alert for today and Tuesday (June 22-23).

Two rounds of severe thunderstorms are expected to impact northwestern Ohio 
this afternoon and tonight. Both rounds have the potential to cause widespread wind damage.

Round 1 This afternoon-early evening: At 9 a.m. radar shows a complex of severe thunderstorms racing across eastern Minnesota/eastern Iowa. This will reach northern Indiana as a squall line (gusts up to 80 mph) early this afternoon.

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ReStore's floor-refinishing project has a July 4th raffle

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 19, 2015

ReStore has the perfect basket for the Fourth of July and all Icon viewers have a chance to win it.

The basket winner’s name will be drawn from a raffle taking place at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 30. Tickets are on sale for $1 each at ReStore, 210 N. Main St.

Proceeds from the raffle go to the ReStore floor-refinishing project.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters awarded Quality Agency Award

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 19, 2015

Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio has received a national Quality Agency Award, recognizing the hard work of agency leadership and staff to provide high-quality programming for area children.

This award, presented annually by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, recognizes BBBS agencies across the country that serve a minimum of 150 children and achieve certain quality markers in the length and strength of Big/Little match relationships.

Only three of 25 Ohio agencies received the Quality Agency Award.  The others are BBBS of Central Ohio in Columbus and BBBS of Greater Cincinnati.

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