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Did you know Ada High School had an orchestra?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 28, 2015

Eighty-five school years ago, Ada High School had an orchestra. Here's the photo from the 1931 yearbook.

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Exterior of Vancrest Nursing Home 90% complete

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 28, 2015

Construction of Vancrest Nursing Home, located near the school, is moving along, especially with good fall and early winter weather.

The exterior is 90 percent complete, the first layer of asphalt is down, and work is now concentrated on the inside: heating, electrical, plumbing, dry wall, and painting. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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North Simon Street in the rain

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 28, 2015

You bet it's raining in Ada. Here's a look at North Simon Street on Monday afternoon. More photos below. (Ken Collins photo)

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If it was snow, we'd be hip deep in it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 28, 2015

Christmas is over...and then the rains came.

Ken Collins, Icon's roving photographer, took these photos of Ada on the afternoon of Dec. 28, as the rains came.

Views include 
• a flooded field just east of Ada 
• scene east of Ada
• Grass Run
• flooded North Simon Street,.

 

 

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Meanwhile, for Ada Icon viewers...here's the Christmas lights of Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, December 26, 2015

NOTE to Ada Icon viewers: Bluffton and Ada Icons, internet sites in the same family, offer a post-Christmas switch.

The Ada Icon's "Ada's Christmas Scenes of 2015," is now also featured on the Bluffton Icon home page in the interest of Bluffton viewser.

Likewise, Bluffton Icon's "2015 Bluffton Christmas Lights Winners," is featured on Ada Icon. Please enjoy views of Bluffton at Christmas, while Bluffton viewers enjoy views of Ada at Christmas.

BLUFFTON CHRISTMAS PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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Richard Lasko memorial service on Dec. 30

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 25, 2015

Richard Lasko, 78, died on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.

He was born on July 18, 1937, in Niles, Ohio, to Anthony and Marianne (Belicki) Lasko who preceded him in death. On Aug. 26, 1967, he married Judith McClure and she died Jan. 21, 2014.

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