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Thursday prayer vigil

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 20, 2013

A prayer vigil was held for Austin Weber Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Ada War Memorial football stadium.  Austin, who is a 2012 graduate of Ada, was in a skateboarding accident on Wednesday and has a serious brain injury. The event was organized by Mackenzie Zembower who is a 2013 graduate of Ada. Several prayers were given throughout the vigil and the group sang "Amazing Grace." Friends attending the vigil shared some of their favorite stories of Austin with the crowd. (Photo by Alisa Armbrecht)

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Hardin Dems will have booth at Harvest and Herb Fest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 20, 2013

Eighteen Central and Executive Committee members and guests met at Henry’s for the September meeting of the Hardin County Democrats.  The Committees unanimously endorsed John Patrick Carney for State Auditor and Nina Turner for Secretary of State.  Chair Traxler was in Columbus on Monday when Representative Carney announced his candidacy.

Traxler thanked the 12 people who cleaned up and then set-up the fair booth, those who worked all week in the Democrat booth at the Hardin County Fair and then helped to box up everything for next year. 

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Ada eighth grader Zach Beaschler offers this NFL season overview

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 20, 2013

By Zach Beaschler
Ada eighth grader

The favorite sport in America is football (no doubt), but the NFL has changed so much since last season.

I don't mean NFL rules or the NFL cities. I mean NFL teams and coaches.

First, are the Eagles. They fired their head coach Andy Reid and now they have old head coach of Oregon Chip Kelly. During the preseason the Eagles picked Micheal Vick over Nick Foles for starting quarterback. Their first round pick was Line Johnson offensive tackle with the 4th pick overall.

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Iconic Bakery: Care for a 5-minute chocolate mug cake?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 19, 2013

Bluffton's newest cookbook is from an institution with the youngest residents. Bluffton Child Development Center released "Kitchen Classics" cookbook this fall. Copies are available at the Center for $12.

The book has 84 pages of recipes plus an index of recipes and additional information like ingredient substitutions, counting calories, and even napkin folding.

All recipes are from students (with help from their parents).

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Ada mayor Kenneth Preston with Boy Scouts

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Here's another classic Ada photo from the 1950s-60s. It's from the collection at the Ada Public Library. The only identification on the back reads: "Kenneth Preston, mayor." No date, possibly mid-sixties.

Identifications and any other comments from Icon viewers are welcome.

 

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Marketing your product, success and failures: entrepreneur workshop Sept. 26

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 19, 2013

The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University opens its 2013-14 entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Thursday, Sept. 26. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.

The topic of the workshop will be “Marketing your product, success and failures. Making the Milestone system work” with Dennis D. Stripe. This event is free and open to the public.

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