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Want Ada history? You'll find it on the shelves of the public library

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

By Sarah Bender, Ada Icon summer intern

Nestled into the corner of the Ada Public Library is an impressive collection of material related to local history, which spans as far back as Ada’s founding in 1853.

This area of the library gives visitors interested in history and genealogy a relaxed area to learn more about the town of Ada as well as other areas of Hardin County. Preserved in filing cabinets, which are open to the public are photographs of individual Ada residents, area businesses, early photos of Ohio Northern University, and town activities and celebrations past and present.

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Nice to meet you, Holden

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

Meet Holden Cau-fish (Caufield). He's the new guy at the Ada Public Library. In case you wonder, his name is from the character in Catcher in the Rye. You'll find him on the check out desk.

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Who views the Ada Icon? You do, plus 2,345 other viewers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

Social media is a powerful tool and the Ada Icon uses it very successfully to attract viewers.

At the moment the Icon has 490 Facebook friends. We post from one or two items on our Facebook page every day. Here’s some examples of the number of people we’ve reached this spring, which demonstrates our most popular stories. These are the top five stories that attracted viewers from Facebook:

1 - Ada prom videos reached 1,265 on facebook
2 - 1924 Ada football team reached 667
3 - Craig Hoffman 15 minute interview reached 580
4 - Bailey Bowers 15 minute interview reached 568
5 - Spring fever follies photos reached 445

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Almost a quarter a century ago - Ada track seniors

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

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Here are the seniors on the Ada High School track teams in the 1989-90 school year.

Bottom from left, Matt Conkling, Scott Wright, Scott Jackson. Second row, from left, Ryan Bucher, Jason Bryer. On top, Sarah West.

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Margaret Louise Williams taught Sunday school for over 50 years

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, June 16, 2014

Margaret Louise Williams, 91, died at 8:15 p.m. on June 14, 2014 at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima, Ohio.

She was born on July 23, 1922 in Lima, Ohio to Clifford and Sadie (Hinkle) Fredericks. She was preceded in death by her father, mother and step mother, Violet N. Fredericks. In October of 1941, she married James Robert Williams, Sr. and he preceded her in death on July 4, 1977.

Margaret was a homemaker and a member of the LaFayette Congregational Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher for over fifty years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #121 of LaFayette.

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Evening garden affair June 23 in Kenton

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, June 16, 2014

The Hardin County Men’s Garden Club, with the assistance of the Hardin County Master Gardeners, is sponsoring  “An Evening Garden Affair” on June 23 at the Friendship Gardens of Hardin County, located at 960 Kohler Street, Kenton. The program is from 6-9 p.m. and will feature a presentation by Dr. Laura Deeter, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Landscape Horticulture and Horticultural Science, OSU A.T.I. Wooster, Ohio. 

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