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Flu widespread in many states, including Ohio, and Red Cross urges flu shots for all

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Widespread flu activity is being reported across much of the country and the American Red Cross urges people who have not yet gotten a flu vaccine to get vaccinated now.

The Red Cross also has steps people can take to prevent the spread of the flu virus during what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says is the worst influenza outbreak in several years in the United States.

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ONU to commemorate MLK Jr. Day with week of activities

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Ohio Northern University will hold a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week with a number of activities commemorating the civil rights leader. The ONU Cultural and Special Events Committee and the Office of Multicultural Development are sponsoring these events, which begin on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

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ONU to present ‘The Soul Rebels’

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present The Soul Rebels Brass Band in the Stambaugh Theater on Friday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is being held in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week at ONU.

The Soul Rebels is an eight-piece New Orleans-based brass ensemble that incorporates elements of soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop music within a contemporary brass band framework. The band grew from their New Orleans brass style out of the desire of original members Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss to play the music they heard on the radio with respect to the New Orleans brass band tradition.

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Ada O. Legge, 1918 - 2013

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Ada O. Legge, 94, died at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 6, 2013, at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.

She was born Jan. 23, 1918, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Willie and Hulda Hall Adams, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 9, 1935, she married John W. Legge, who died Sept. 17, 1981.

Mrs. Legge was a homemaker.

Survivors include a son, John L. (Nancy) Legge, of Waynesfield; three daughters, Eileen Kindle, of Dunkirk, Katherine (Dave) Mallow, of Botkins, and Jane Bailey, of Deltona, Fla.; and 24 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

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Ada Public Library adds new CD collection

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Ada Public Library is starting off the new year with some additions to it's growing collections, according to Amanda Bennett, library director.

Along with more new books and DVDs for patrons to borrow, the library has begun a collection of music CDs.  Until now, the library did not offer compact discs.  

Ms. Bennett told the Icon that she enjoyed picking music across many different genres and added that the library hopes to build a collection that will appeal to a wide range of musical tastes. 

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Snowmobiler's paradise

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

It's a snowmobiler's paradise. At least until Saturday when it's going to hit 50 degrees. Here's a snowmobile track paralleling State Route 81 west of Ada.

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