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Services for Jimmie Vandemark on Oct. 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 20, 2014

Jimmie I. Vandemark, 72, died on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at 8:44 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on Jan. 28, 1942, in Bluffton, to Irvin E. and Edna Mae (Hassan) Vandemark and they preceded him in death.

He retired from Lima Memorial Hospital in 2002 after working 35 years in the Housekeeping Department. He was a member of the Church of Christ Disciples of Ada. Jimmie was a 1960 graduate of Ada High School. 

Surviving are three sisters: Joyce Long of Ada, Janet (Lauren) Eibling of Kenton, and JoAnn (Delbert) Henry of Ada; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Edison Long.

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Friday night lights

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 19, 2014

Molly Gamble and Drayson Gamble perform with the Ada High School marching band during a recent halftime show.

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2001 Ada grad Melissa Retterer in the hand bag business

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 19, 2014

15 minutes with Melissa Retterer

What year did you graduate from Ada HS?
2001

What activities were you involved in at Ada HS?
I played soccer and ran track.

Where do you live now and what are you doing?
I now live in Columbus near Polaris.  I quit my job as a server over the summer to pursue my handbag business full time.

Please tell us about LuxeFunction, your custom handbag business.
The handbag business I started is called Luxe Function.  I design everything in my line for function first and then for looks. Each aspect is as important as the other. 

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Dale Badertscher continues tied with cumulative lead in football contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 19, 2014

The winner of Week 8 of The Icon Football Contest is Ruth Johnson.  Four contestants correctly picked all 10 games this week, but Ruth was declared the winner by correctly predicting Bluffton to win by 19 or more points.

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Police called to assault complaint

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 19, 2014

Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief, provided The Icon with the Ada police call logs from Oct. 6 to 12.

They are provided in attachments at the bottom of this story.

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John Brinkman, 1943-2014

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, October 18, 2014

John T. Brinkman, 71, died on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at 9:14 p.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on March 25, 1943, in Lima, Ohio, to Leo and Regina (Metzger) Brinkman and they preceded him in death. He married Kaylene A. Spencer on May 2, 1964 and she died on Dec. 23, 2003.

John retired as brick mason from Local #35.

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