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The Cask Rooom vegetarian menu story - a huge hit on Bluffton Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 15, 2016

Next time you stop in The Cask Room on Main Street, Ada, tell Jonah Agner that the Icon sent you.

The Icon team very closely follows social media trends from Icon viewers. We have Facebook pages for both Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon, for example. We use Facebook as our primary "tease" to pull viewers to either Icons.

When we have a story that's common to both Icons we really promote it. The Cask Room story with Jonah Agner and his vegeterian menu is a perfect example.

The Icon knew that our story on Jonah Agner's vegetarian menu at The Cask Room, Ada, would be a big hit in both Icons.

We underestimated how big.

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What you'll find at Ada's "Walden Pond"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 11, 2016

Thoreau was insired by Walden Pond. Ken Collins said he finds photographic inspiration in the ONU pond, and a chance to relax on a summer afternoon.

These photos are proof.

 

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Where were you went the water turned off?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 6, 2016

MORE PHOTOS BELOW

The water's back on!

Part of Ada was without water late Tuesday evening, thanks to a water line break on Highland between Simon and Liberty and Street. (Ken Collins photo)

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James Bond and Danny Ocean were no-shows, but we walked out the casino with $$ in our pocket

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The Icon editor recently took a mini-vacation, visiting his daughter in Cincinnati. Among exploits was a visit to Jack’s Casino. This is an account of that adventure.

By Fred Steiner

Knowing nothing about cards and less about other games of chance, my daughter, Anne, and I decided to have some fun. We made a date with Jack’s Casino.

It’s pretty simple. Pick a slot machine. Drop in coins. Pull lever. Watch money pour out. So we thought.

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Step on a crack and...create some art

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 27, 2016

You heard the ditty from your friends when you were a kid: don't step on a crack or you'll break your mother's back.

It wasn't cracks you had to watch out for at the library Friday afternoon, it was rainbows, butterflies, even a boat you had to avoid.

Here, Holden Conn, 8, adds his chalk art to the walk in front of the Ada Public Library.

ARTISTS BELOW:
• Noellee Conn, 3
• Lincoln Conn, 5

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Up close, meet the Toledo Zoo's boa

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 23, 2016

Here's a close look at the boa constrictor that came to Ada on Monday. Over 80 youngsters went to the Toledo Zoo on Wednesday, except that the zoo came to Ada. Youngsters, thanks to the Ada Public Library, event sponsor, saw had a chance to touch a boa constrictor and an armadillo.

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