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First United Methodist Women’s ice cream social at ReStore June 18

An ice cream social featuring Dietsch’s ice cream will be dished up from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18 at ReStore Community Center, 210 North Main St., Ada, Ohio.

Hosted by the Ada First United Methodist Women, the event will offer sandwiches, brownies, sides and beverages, as well as the opportunity to make your own ice cream sundae.

Tickets are $6.00; tickets for children under 10 are $4.00.

Now let me think a minute - I know where "D" is

Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest.

Each week in June and ending in the first week of July, The Icon will post two photos revealing one letter (or number) taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.

We invite Icon viewers to keep track of the letters by identifying each letter’s location. An entry form is attached to this story for viewers to keep up to date in the contest.

Music on Main returns Friday evening - downtown

Music on Main returned to downtown Ada on Friday evening. It was a great night to sit in the railroad depot park, relax, talk with friends and listen to the music.

15 minutes with Levi Klinger: Columbus, Ohio, isn't Ada

15 Minutes with Levi Klingler, 2013 AHS Graduate- Part One
By Bailey Bowers

What have you been up to since your graduation from Ada High School last May?
I'm home for the summer working at Honda Transmission in Russells Point as a co-op. In the fall, I'll return to The Ohio State University in Columbus where I'm studying mechanical engineering.

90-second shopping spree winner

Brenda Purdy (center), winner of the Ada Music Boosters spring fund-raising raffle, claimed her prize at the Community Markets’ Ada store Friday morning by doing a 90-second shopping spree.

Brenda selected her daughter-in-law, Brandi Purdy, to run through the store on her behalf, and had the support of her grandson, Holden Purdy, at the event.

Bev Lenhart, of Community Markets, was the cashier. The Boosters thank the members of the community for a successful and award-winning school year for Ada’s many music education and performance-based programs.

Several Ada HS grads are now ONU alums

Several Ada High School grads and students from neighboring communities are among 2014 graduates of Ohio Northern University. Here’s the list of area graduates:

Kyle Baker, son of Kent and Kathryn Baker, 502 Pleasantview St, Ada, received the Bachelor of Science in exercise physiology.

Baker was active in Phi Epsilon Kappa health, physical education and sports honorary, the men's football team, the Pre-Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Club and the men's basketball team. Baker is a graduate of Ada High School.

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