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The countdown is on

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Good bye 2015...hello 2016. The Ada Icon wishes you a happy new year!

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An Icon new year's eve quiz about Ada; how much do you really know

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Here’s a year-end quiz to see just how much you know about Ada.
All of the questions in this quiz are based upon stories posted on the Ada Icon in 2015, and there are 14 possible points.

Scoring
Answer 4 or less: Do you really live here?
Answer 5 or 6: Hey, you are a serious Icon reader
Answer 7 or 8: Wow! You are in the know, congrats
Answer 9: You can create next year’s year-end quiz – probably now
Answer 10 or more: You either looked at the answers, or you are an Ada native

Questions

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Once upon a time in Ada: There was a Kroger grocery store

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Provided by Lee Crouse

On Oct. 3, 1964 the Ada Kroger grocery store was closed.

Leo Wright was the store manager. With the closing Ada was left with the Don Lehman Supermarket in the 100 block of North Main Street and the Claude Harris IGA Foodliner at the south limits of the village.

Doyle Paugh operates a neighborhood market at 411 South Main, and John Elwood Equity store at 225 North Main Street.

Employees at the time of the closing were Don Fisher, assistant in the grocery department; Harold Carothers, produce department; John Spitzer, part-time utility man.

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Bluffton's Family True Value Hardware announces bargains of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Jeff Kantner of Family True Value Hardware, 109 N. Main St., Bluffton, announces the store's January bargains of the month.

These include:
• Your choice, either 20-pound black oil sunflower bird seed,
   or 40-pound wild bird food, $9.99
• 2-gallon, 6-ounce, palastic gas can, $7.99
• Your choice, either 16-pack AA or AAA alkaline batteries,
   or 4-pack 9 volt alkaline batteries and 8-pack C or D alkaline batteries, $10.99
• Your choice, either 2-pack, 7.5 watts, or 13 watts LED bulbs, $5.99

Family True Value Hardware
Phone: 419-358-2866
Bluffton

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Bluffton's Mustard Seed Cafe has 5-course new year's eve offering

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Mustard Seed Cafe, 562 N. Main St., Bluffton, has a new year's eve special dinner. RSVPS are suggested at 567-226-1120:

Mustard Seed is offering the following set five course menu from 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

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Shirley's Popcorn January flavor of the month: Cinnamon buns

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2015

Get your cinnamon buns at Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn Co., Main Street Bluffton in January.
Cinnamon buns is the flavor of the month, according to Pete Suter of Shirley's.

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