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Dolores Mary Stoodt 1936-2017

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Dolores M. Stoodt, age 80, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 8:20am at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.

                She was born on July 20, 1936 in LaFayette, Ohio to John Wesley and Thelma (Kidd) Stoodt.  They preceded her in death. 

                Dolores retired from First Federal Savings and Loan of Lima where she worked as a teller. She then was the secretary for the West Central Ohio Kidney Foundation.  She was a member of the Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, LaFayette and a 1954 graduate of LaFayette Jackson High School.

                Surviving is a sister-in-law, Charlotte Stoodt of LaFayette, Ohio and numerous cousins.

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Quest CEO: "Projecting 9% deposit growth in 2017"

Credit union opened 5th branch last year
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Matt Jennings, Quest Federal Credit Union CEO, recently updated credit union owners of progress made in 2016.

Excerpts from his message follow:

2016 was a very busy year with the construction and grand opening of our fifth branch in Upper Sandusky. We updated Quest’s mobile and web banking services, agricultural and consumer loans grew by 8.50% and our membership surpassed 13,000.

Quest finished the year with a bottom line Return On Assets of 0.76%, delinquency at 0.99% and assets of $104 million.

We are projecting 8.50% loan growth, 9.00% deposit growth and overall balance sheet growth that will take our assets to $112 million for year-end 2017.

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Settle your roots in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Elizabeth Tremains, ONU student, designed this poster for The Urban Forest Project. The senior graphic design major from Rushsylvania, is one of two students from Ohio Northern to be nominated for the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio’s Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts. It is the nation’s first intercollegiate online arts competition. Click here to view more of her work.

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Will someone please turn down the thermostat?

Three record-hit temps already broken in first 20 days of February
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Note, Bluffton Icon receives its weather reports from a weather observer in Pandora. Due to that distance from Ada, we seldom post Pandora weather stats on Ada Icon. However, with three record temps already broken, this weather story should be of interest to Ada viewers.

February 2017 is headed toward the weather record books.

There’s eight days remaining in the month, and according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, three new record high temperatures are already set.

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Hardin County leadership class planned

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Participants for the 25th annual Hardin Leadership class, a program designed for the development of informed and effective community leaders, are being recruited now until March 10.

Nine monthly sessions will focus on the knowledge/skills required by today's community leader, such as team building, public speaking, conflict management, social media, and marketing.

This year’s program will be offered in morning sessions from March through November.

Tuition is $300 per person.

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Linda Dearth special meal tonight from 4-6 p.m

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 21, 2017

ReStore Community Center, 210 N. Main St., Ada, will host a special meal to benefit Linda Dearth, store manager.

The meal is Crock pot Tuesday, Feb. 21, with serving from 4 to 6 p.m. Persons with questions may call ReStore.

The Icon originally posted an incorrect time for the meal.

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