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Chamber meets for breakfast

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce held a breakfast meeting at the McIntosh Center on July 18. The free breakfast was compliments of  McIntosh Center. Deb Curliss led the meeting's discussion. A report is in a separate story on this page.

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AEP says scattered showers all afternoon

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

AEP provided The Icon with the following weather update for July 19: A cold front will sink into northern Ohio this afternoon.

With a warm and humid air mass in place, the front will help focus
scattered strong thunderstorms. The thunderstorms will develop by early
afternoon in northern Ohio and move slowly southeast through the afternoon and evening.

AEP Ohio's Ohio Valley and Athens Districts are most likely to experience problems with winds gusting to 50 mph in the strongest storms.
Elsewhere across the AEP East Utilities today...scattered thunderstorms
will produce mainly heavy rainfall with few problems expected.

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Art for Ada's sake

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Art in Ada. It's all around us. You just have to know where to look for it. Do you know were to find this art? For the answer, go to the "Iconclast column" at the bottom of the home page.

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Midnight Thursday showing for "The Dark Knight Rises" at Ada Theatre

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Holy Batman!  a dark knight will rise in Ada at midnight, Thursday (July 19).

"The Dark KnIght Rises" (PG-13)  has a midnight premier showing at the Ada Theatre, according to James Curliss of the theatre.

Regular show times follow:
• Friday and Saturday 7 and 10:05 p.m.

• Saturday and Sunday matinee at 3:30 p.m.

• Sunday ~ Thursday at 7 p.m.

For the movie trailer click here.

Here's a plot summary from Fandango.

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Apollo board actions on legislation affecting Ada voters

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Apollo Career Center's board of education will act on legislation at its July 23 to place a tax levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. Voters in the Ada school district will have the levy on their ballot.

The entire July 23 board agenda is on an attachment at the bottom of this story.
A portion of the Apollo resolution follows:

RESOLUTION NO.  07-12-4
RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO PROCEED
WITH BOND ISSUES AND TAX LEVY.

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Can you believe it? Ada school opens in one month

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 16, 2012

It's mid-July, but things are starting to take place at the Ada Schools in anticipation of the 2012-13 school year...one month away.

Here's the 2012-13 school calendar, and below it are some of the events taking place between now and when school starts.

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