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What a weekend!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, August 10, 2012

It's Ada's biggest weekend of the summer. The 99th annual Farmers & Merchants Picnic and the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Sale are on the calendar. Check The Icon's home page stories for complete details.

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It's Farmers and Merchants Picnic weekend in Ada! - Here's the schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, August 10, 2012

This weekend marks the 99th annual Farmers and Merchants Picnic in Ada. The Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic Association sponsor the Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10-11 event.

All events are held in the Park District of Liberty Township (formerly War Memorial Park).

The schedule follows:
Friday
5:30 p.m. – Sign ups –golf cart pull
6 p.m. – Golf cart pull begins
7 p.m. - Food on grounds
7 p.m. – 11 p.m. First Due Band

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ONU football team picked to finished fourth in OAC

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 9, 2012

By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern was selected to finish fourth in both the coaches and media polls at the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Media Day Wednesday afternoon at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel.

The Polar Bears received 234 votes from 31 media members in attendance to finish fourth in the media poll and received 54 points in the coaches poll.

Coaches could not vote for their own team in their poll.

Mount Union was voted atop both each poll, receiving 81 points and nine first place votes in the coaches poll and 309 points and 30 first place votes in the media poll.