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Arizona Collingsworth, age 89, died Thursday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Lost Creek Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Lima.

She was born on August 31, 1925 in Salyersville, Kentucky to Jack and Della (Montgomery) Risner, who preceded her in death. She married Ottis Collingsworth on March 6, 1948 and he died on July 16, 1997.

Arizona was a homemaker. She was a member of the Alger Assembly of God Church and a member of the Women’s Ministry of the church. Arizona served as a Sunday school teacher for many years.

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Look what happens when it doesn't rain for a week in Ada. Soccer camps play on practice fields at ONU that are dry. And, the Klingler Road work - some refer to it as Klingler Canal - is able to proceed.

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It's time to start thinking about back-to-school. Several lists are now on the Icon.

These include the elmentary class supply list, elementary and high school class fee list and the school emergency medical form.

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Happy reading and safe travels. Here’s a neat idea from The Inn at ONU.

The Inn staff invites Icon viewers to “share a book” at the Inn.

Here’s how it works:

• Choose a favorite book in great condition and in a genre fascinating, riveting and memorable to you.

• Share it with others by donating the book to The Inn’s Share-A-Book library collection.

• Book donors will receive a bookplate with room to write the reasons the donor choose the book.

• Donors will also received 10 percent off at Pub dining at The Inn (excluding alcohol).

Check-out guidelines for guests at The Inn:

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The Northwest Ohio Lunachix 16U fastpitch travel softball team is holding try-outs for the 2016 season on Sunday, Aug 16 (rain date: Sunday, Aug 23) from 1-3 p.m. at the Bluffton village park.

For more information, call or text Brad Prater at 419-234-1206 or email [email protected].
 

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It's late July and people are mowing lawns in Ada? There must have been a ton of rain earlier this month. Usually by now lawns are dried up. But we know better, right?  Here's a typical lawn-mowing scene this week in Ada. This scene is from the Ada park.

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