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Letter to the Ada community - introducing the new guy in town

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Letter to the Ada community:

Greetings from The Ada Icon. The what? The Ada Icon. We are the new guy in town.  What exactly are we? And, why are we here?

Good questions. Here is the short answer: In September 2009 we launched The Bluffton Icon – a free online news source. Two and one-half years later, The Bluffton Icon, experiencing between 800 and 900 views per weekday, offers its viewers local stories and advertising from area businesses at very affordable rates.

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"Thoroughly Modern Millie comes to Ada April 19-22

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Ohio Northern University Department of Communication and Theatre Arts presents "Thoroughly Modern Millie," at The Freed Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m.

Ticket prices are: Adults $15; Seniors $12; Non-ONU Students $12; Children $9. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Freed Center Box Office at 419-772-1900 or on our website at www.freedcenter.com.

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Dukes Hall

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 9, 2012

Spring is blooming in Ada. Here is a tree budding in front of Dukes Hall on the Ohio Northern University campus.

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An Ada couple

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 5, 2012

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Here's another early Ada couple, sorry to say, unidentified.

The back of the photo reads: 

M.V. Gilbert, artistic photographs

Ada, Ohio, 1881

Seventeen years experience.

Photographs of all sizes and latest styles made from life or old pictures. Negatives preserved.

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Watching from the sidewalk

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 5, 2012

How many Sunday mornings has this bell called people to church in Ada? The First United Methodist Church bell watches from the sidewalk as the structure that housed it is razed this week. Check the video at the bottom of this page.

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Phi Beta Delta presents speaker on international law and ethics

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, April 5, 2012

Ohio Northern University’s Phi Beta Delta honorary society for international scholars presents the Charles Fax, vice president for Israel Action at the Jewish National Fund, in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m.

The title of Fax’s lecture is “Positively Israel: How Israel Makes the World a Better Place.” The presentation will include a short video and a question-and-answer session.

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