Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
This year has seen fewer releases and no live concerts. Still, in 2020, several artists made worthy efforts in creating good to great albums. The full reviews for each release on this list are found in the links to the (Ada) Icon.
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Folklore - Taylor Swift
Swift’s new direction is a good one for this album. Folklore is a commercial and critical success. While unlikely to go down as the artist’s best album, there is more than enough creativity, artistry, and variety to keep the Swifties happy.
The doors of First United Methodist Church, following a Nov. 30 snowfall, evoke a holiday feeling. Ada's churches, downtown and resident areas have decorated for the holiday season.
FROM ONU FACEBOOK - One of Ohio Northern University’s defining traits has always been its close-knit, family atmosphere.
For the majority of students, ONU feels and looks a lot like home. But for other students, it doesn’t. For students from other parts of the country or another part of the world, arriving on a campus so strongly rooted in the rural traditions of the American Midwest can take some getting used to.
There will be no Salvation Army red kettle in Ada this holiday season, according to Kathy Reese of the Hardin County Salvation Army.
“This year with the pandemic we had to drastically change our drive,” she told The Icon.
“With our largest red kettle location closing at the end of October, which was the Kenton Kroger, and huge concern about protecting our ringers and givers, we have had to go virtual in 2020,” she said.
In place of an Ada red kettle and all county red kettles, the Hardin drive is a “virtual bells” event.
Reese said that the county Salvation Army board reconsider how best to conduct its red kettle campaign this year.
Richard W. Werling, Sr., 93, passed away on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at 11:51 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
He was born on Aug. 26, 1927, in Lima to the late Edwin and Grace (Jackson) Werling. On Aug.11, 1949, Richard married Gladys LaPoint and she passed away on March 4, 2013.
Richard retired after 30 years from Ford Motor Company, Lima. He was also a farmer.
