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The Amazing Spider-Man now showing at Ada Theatre

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) is now showing at the Ada Theatre according to James Curliss.

Shows are:
• Friday and Saturday 7 and 9:45 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday matinee 4 p.m.
• Daily at 7 p.m.

Click for the official trailer

The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film directed by Marc Webb based on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man in film and is a reboot of the Sam Raimi film series with Andrew Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire as the title role of the superhero.

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55 percent of AEP customers have power restored

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

By 9 a.m. today, (July 3) AEP Ohio had restored power to         
approximately 55 percent of the 660,000 customers affected by the         
catastrophic storms that moved through the state June 29 and the          
additional 20,000 outaged by the July 1 evening storm.                    

Meteorologists continue to show the threat of possible thunderstorms      
through the end of the week. Temperatures are forecasted to remain in the 
mid-90s throughout this period.                                           

Approximately 297,000 customers were without power at 9:00 a.m. today.    

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ONU to induct six into Athletic Hall of Fame

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Six members of the Ohio Northern University athletics family will be inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 5, as part of ONU’s Homecoming weekend.

They will be inducted that Friday during a banquet in Ohio Northern’s McIntosh Center and introduced Saturday, Oct. 6, before the ONU football game at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

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Music on Main Event for Ada set for July 13

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Buy Ada First Committee has organized a Music On Main event for Friday, July 13, from 6 – 8 p.m. at The Depot parking lot, weather permitting.

WONB 94.9 FM is providing music, several businesses are having sidewalk sales, some restaurants will be offering specials, the Ada Rotary Club is having a chicken barbecue fundraiser and more.

Bring lawn chairs, enjoy dinner, visit the businesses, listen and dance to music and spend time in Ada with friends and family.

The Buy Ada First is an Ad-hoc group. Participation is welcome. For more information, please feel free to contact Heather Cox at 419-634-5015.

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ReStoring Julie

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Julie Brewer stands inside Ada's ReStore. She concludes her two-year AmeriCorp assignment this summer.

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ReStore's Julie Brewer prepares to bid farewell to Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

By Jake Dowling, Ada Icon summer intern
It is the summer of 2010. Julie Brewer just graduated from Ohio Northern University with a degree in art education. She had friends, a good life, but she was not ready to jump right into her career, she wanted to explore.

“You know that coming right out of college the job market is going to be tedious and scary, you’re not know sure what opportunities are going to be there, but this opportunity presented itself and I couldn’t say no,” she said.

The opportunity that presented itself was being a part of AmeriCorps, a national organization that fights hunger and poverty here in the U.S.

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