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Little Mexico has new owners and a new name

It's now Tavern 101
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 2, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Bill and Beth Ann Bass have purchased Little Mexico from Cheryl Dye, who has owned the restaurant for 11 years. The business will be named Tavern 101 with much the same menu as preciously. Mexican and American food will continue to be offered.

Located at  101 S. Main, the business will continue its regular hours: Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. The phone number is 419-634-6898.

Karaoke will be held Wednesdays and Fridays beginning at 9 p.m.

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2016 - one Ada photo from each month

Enjoy our look-back at the year just past
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 2, 2017

The Icon posted hundreds of photos in 2016.

As a final look at the year we bid farewell to, here’s some of our more interesting feature photos.

There is one for each month (two for June, including our cover photo). Our photos are by Monty Siekerman, Fred Steiner and Ken Collins.

Photos are in the attachment below.

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Easy two-hour delay morning

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 30, 2016

It was one of those mornings that would easily had a two-hour school delay. The country roads around Ada were slick on Dec. 30. Here's County Line Road heading south near U.S. 30.

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Monty Siekerman named Ada Icon editor

Meet a guy who needs very little introduction to Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 30, 2016

Ada Icon owners Fred and Mary Steiner have named Monty Siekerman editor of the online news outlet for the community.

Monty, who has been reporting and taking photographs for the Ada Icon for the past two years, joins other Ada residents in furnishing more than 40 local articles a week for viewers.

Amy Eddings reports and provides photos, Ken Collins takes feature photos, Cort Reynolds keeps readers up-to-date on local school sports, and Darlene Bowers writes features about local people and creates Ada Happenings, a caledar of Ada events.

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Meet Ada's new school superintendent, Meri Skilliter

"My career is child-centered. Ada’s kids are my kids."
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 30, 2016

The Icon caught up with Meri Skilliter a couple days after she accepted the superintendent position at Ada schools. She holds her principal/superintendent certification from the University of Findlay. Her superintendent certification courses are from Ohio State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bluffton University and a master's in educational leadership from the University of Dayton.

Here’s a portion of our discussion.

When you were a student, what teacher excited you about making a career in education?

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Observations, insights and sightings: Want to live longer?

Things I’ve learned and you might want to consider
Posted by Beth Downing on Friday, December 30, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

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