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Happy cruising on East Lima - just follow the yellow stripes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The $2.1 million East Lima Avenue reconstruction project is nearing completion. Vehicles are now permitted on the street as construction crews put final touches on the project.

The Reconstruction Project is funded in part by grants from the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Public Works Commission.

Among major timeline events in the project include:
September 2012 – Ada council held public meeting to explain details of the project. Included in the reconstruction are a new 48-inch diameter storm sewer and a new 12-inch diameter water main.

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Letter learning

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Did you ever try spelling your name with Play-Doh? Try it. It's fun. Just look at the fun a student at Ready, Set, Grow Preschool has working with the alphabet.

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As Spirit Week approaches, Ada students study their wardrobes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 14, 2014

What would Ada students do without homecoming Spirit Week.

One popular part of the week is special dress-up days for students. Here's this year's schedule. Start working on your wardrobe.

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Ada cheer section

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The Icon took this photo at a recent Ada football game. We're still working on all the names, and here goes our attempt at idenficiation.  We don't have the name of the girl on the far left, but seated next to her is Meagan, Morgan and Miranda. After Miranda, our mind goes blank. Icon viewers, please help us out.

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Did you know: Cannon in the park is from the Civil War?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 14, 2014

You pass it daily. Did you ever stop and think, "How old is it?"

The cannon in the Ada depot park is as much a part of Ada community as the Bulldog is to Ada High School. The cannon, place in 1903, commemorates soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

Bailey Bowers created the composite photo from this year and using a post card of early Ada to recreate the scene.

For close-up views open the attachments below.

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Freed Center presents "Company"

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Company” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23-25 and matinee performances at 2 p.m. Oct. 25-26.

The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark “concept” show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre. “Company” follows anti-hero bachelor Robert as he makes his way through a series of encounters with April (the stewardess), Kathy (the girl who’s going to marry someone else), Marta (the peculiar one), as well as his married friends.

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