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Do you still have your prom dress?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 4, 2016

Here's a photo of some of the attendees of the 1999 Ada High School prom.

Do you still have your prom dress?

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Simple menu and everyone's happy

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

The Duck family of Ada enjoys a free lunch this week. They'd probably enjoy just about any handouts. Ken Collins came upon the meal and offered these interesting photos for Icon viewers.

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Ohio sales tax holiday coming this weekend

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Ohio is having a sales tax holiday this weekend. The holiday will occur Friday, August 5, 2016 and end Sunday, August 7, 2016.

Items exempt from sale and use tax include clothing priced at $75 per item or less and school supplies and instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.

Check the Ohio Department of Taxation website for additional information.http://www.tax.ohio.gov/sales_and_use/SalesTaxHoliday.aspx

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Led by Calvin Fisher - ReStore's summer meal total for kids will reach nearly 1,500

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Since school let out in the spring, Calvin Fisher has headed up the free lunch program for children sponsored by ReStore Community Center and held at War Memorial Park.

The 5-day-a-week summer program will come to a close on Friday, Aug. 12 with a pizza lunch and free swimming from noon to 1 p.m.

Here, Calvin takes tickets from children as he calls out their number. The kids then have an opportunity to choose a free prize. This has been done each Friday.

When all is said and done, the ReStore program, led by Calvin, will have served about 1,500 meals.

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USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades come this way

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Caleb Scott

The Ohio Northern women's track and field team and sophomore Emily Richards and senior Sarah Ballmer have earned USTFCCCA DIII All-Academic accolades for the 2015-16 seasons.

The women's track team was named a DIII All-Academic Team after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.26. 

Northern was among 175 schools across the country in the running for the DIII Scholar Team of the Year.

To qualify for the award the team must finish highly at the national championships and have a cumulative team GPA of 3.10.

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Ada youth learn about park rangers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 3, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Richard Kimmel helps one and a half year old Brody Hopson reach a water fountain at Ada War Memorial Park. Kimmel is the chief park ranger for the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District in Lima.

He was on hand at a free lunch, sponsored by ReStore Community Center, to talk with children about the duties of a park ranger and describe some of the different kinds of parks in the Lima area.

There are rivers, monuments, historical parks, and a bird sanctuary, among others.
The park district sponsors an apple festival, making maple sugar, environmental programs, and more.

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