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Richard Lasko memorial service on Dec. 30

Richard Lasko, 78, died on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.

He was born on July 18, 1937, in Niles, Ohio, to Anthony and Marianne (Belicki) Lasko who preceded him in death. On Aug. 26, 1967, he married Judith McClure and she died Jan. 21, 2014.

Meaning of Christmas

These creche figures are found in many Ada homes and churches this week. They each may have a different look, but they each represent the Christmas family. This one is in First United Methodist Church.

Icon offers a modern version of a familiar story

The Icon offers viewers a modern version of a familiar story.

In the seventh year in the reign of Obama, legislation passed that all U.S. citizens be counted in the county where their ancestors had settled. This unusual census was when Kasich was governor of Ohio and Jordan was fourth district representative.

Jose from Lebanon, Ohio, with his young housekeeper, Maria, who was nine-month’s pregnant with someone else’s child, and who Jose had intended to marry, drove to Ada in Jose’s 1996 Mercury Cougar. This was because Jose was a great-great-great-grandson of Dr. H.S. Lehr, Ada pioneer and founder of Ohio Northern University.

Merry Christmas from Ada Icon - here's your "Ada Christmas scenes of 2015"

We’ve collected holiday photos from the Icon and from two Ada Facebooks.

We put the photos in a box, wrapped them in decorated paper, tied a ribbon around the box and placed the box under your tree.

Our photos are from Ken Collins, Monty Siekerman, Fred Steiner and from the Ada school Facebook and Ohio Nothern University Theatre Department Facebook.

We hope you enjoyed these holidays scenes of Ada.

Merry Christmas from the Ada Icon!

Now this is a white Christmas in Ada - but only in your dreams

If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Ada this year, better dream on.

However, if you’d like to recall what a white Christmas in Ada resembles, these two Karen Ward photos may help get you into the Christmas spirit.

After taking a look at our feature photo above – it shows Ada on the first day Christmas, taken by Ken Collins – you can compare a green Christmas with a white one.

The white Christmas photo with this feature is taken near the exact spot of the green Christmas photo above. The only different is the white photo looks north; the green photo looks south.

What's wrong with this picture?

It's a trick question. Nothing's actually wrong with the picture. Except, it was taken on the first day of winter 2015. Looks, and feels more like spring. That's what's wrong. Ken Collins took this photo of Main Street, Ada, looking south toward the Ada Theatre. If you want to see a more traditional winter photo of Main Street, examine Karen Ward's two photos below.

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