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Taxing questions

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

Ada Public Library offers patrons lots of tax forms this winter. Forms are avilable at no cost in the library.

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Lamb and Wool Queen and Scholarship form on The Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Hardin County Sheep Improvement Association is looking for 2014 Lamb & Wool Queen contestants and scholarship applicants.

APPLICATION IN ATTACHMENT AT BOTTOM OF THIS STORY

Eligible candidates for the title, Lamb & Wool Queen, must be age 15 through 20 as of
Jan. 1, 2014, and either live on a farm where sheep are produced, or have a sheep
project in the Hardin County Junior Fair to be eligible. Contestants must complete an
entry form.

For further information about the Lamb & Wool Queen contest, please contact the Sheep
Improvement Queen Committee Chair, Kristie Fay at 419-673-8264.

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Zac Dysert's Ada homecoming party delayed

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

Zac Dysert's Ada post-Super Bowl homecoming party will be delayed.

"While talking with Zac Dysert's parents on Wednesday after they had returned home late on Tuesday evening from the Super Bowl, a decision has been made to postpone the “Welcome Home Denver Bronco Quarterback Zac Event” planned for Sunday, Feb. 16," Donald Traxler told The Icon.

Traxler added: "Zac's scheduled departure time from Denver and arrival time via vehicle from an area airport potentially could be delayed by weather and we are not willing to take the chance that he would not be able to make the scheduled time of the event." 

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ONU Bookstore to host Ada’s “cash mob” on Feb. 18

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

The secret’s out. The Buy Ada First Committee announced the location of the cash mob event this week.

The cash mob is taking place at Ohio Northern University Bookstore, 402 W. College Ave., McIntosh Center, Ada, from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18.

“Josh Szippl, Manager, welcomed our invitation to host this event,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee. “We hope to continue more cash mobs in Ada in the future.”

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Feb. 15 funeral service in Arizona for former Ada physician

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

Well-known Ada and Hardin County, Ohio, physician Dr. Robert Bradford Love died in Green Valley, Ariz., Jan. 18, 2014. He was born in Westerville, Ohio, on Oct. 13, 1920, to the Rev. James R. and Mildred (Mount) Love. He graduated from Lima Central High School, obtained his undergraduate degree from Otterbein College, and went on to Case Western Reserve Medical School, graduating in 1947 with his Doctor of Medicine degree.

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Lincoln Highway Assn. meets Feb. 18 in Van Wert

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Black Swamp Bistro Van Wert, will host this month’s Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

After attendees order dinner individually from the menu, Cincinnati author Denny Gibson will present a program at 7 p.m., discussing his newly published book, “By Mopar to the Golden Gate, A 50 Year Old Car On a 100 Year Old Road.” 

Gibson, an avid traveler, will discuss his 2013 Lincoln Highway journey from New York to California driving a 1963 Plymouth Valiant convertible. The public is invited.

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