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Liberty Township's July rainfall 4.66 inches

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 25, 2014

In the month of July, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 2.85 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for July was 7.4 inches. With the exception of three townships, this past month was a dry month as rainfall was 1.31 inches below the 10-year average rainfall for the month of July.

July rainfall by township is in attachment.

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Hardin Extension Office updates

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 25, 2014

Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County Extension Office provided the Icon with the following announcement concerning water quality problems in Lake Erie and it's relationship to Hardin County. 

The announcement follows:

As a result of the water quality problems in the western basin of Lake Erie, funding has been made available to Hardin County farmers who have land in the Lake Erie watershed. 

This is basically land north of State Route 309.  Funding is available through the Hardin SWCD/NRCS until Tuesday, Aug. 26.  This funding is to plant cover crops, install blind inlets and drainage control structures. 

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Tall flowers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 25, 2014

In Ada flowers bloom lots of places. For example, they bloom on Main Street above where people walk. New to the downtown streetscape program this summer are hanging baskets of flowers. These are in front of the Depot park.

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Icon weekly high school football contest is back! Enter this week's contest now

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 24, 2014

The 2014 Icon weekly high school football contest is back! The first week has 10 games plus two tie-breakers. The first week's contest is a practice round for contestants.

• TO ENTER THIS WEEK'S CONTEST CLICK HERE.
Here's how the contest is played:

1 - Contestant's may enter as often as they wish, but may only enter their own name one time per week.

2 - Entry deadlines are 5 p.m. each Friday.

3 - There will be one weekly winner. If there is a tie, the contestant who entered earliest will be declared the winner.

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Polar Bear volleyball team picked to finish second in OAC Preseason Coaches Poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 24, 2014

By Ashley Birchmeier

Ohio Northern was picked to finish second in the Ohio Athletic Conference preseason volleyball poll conducted by the league's 10 coaches.

Northern finished the 2013 season 19-9 overall and finished third in the OAC with a 7-2 record.

ONU received 75 points in the poll.

Mount Union was once again picked first with 81 points and nine first place votes, Heidelberg was picked third with 65 points and one first place vote, and John Carroll was picked fourth with 54 points.

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Main Street today and - let's turn back the clock 100 years or more

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 24, 2014

Here's another Ada "past and present" scene. Imagine you are standing on Main Street at the intersection near the First United Methodist Church facing south.

Our scenes are from today and, we're guessing circa 1910. We base this on the Model T Ford parked near the horse and buggy on the west side of the street and the manner in which women are dressed on the east side of the street.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

The 2014 photo was taken by Bailey Bowers. She also combined the new photo with the old colorized post card.

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