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New cheer performed at King Horn Gym
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 9, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
There’s a new sports cheer and it was devised by none other than a member of the Ottawa-Glandorf school board.

The antics were displayed at the O-G girls basketball game on Tuesday at King Horn Gym in Ada. Will this catch on nationwide like The Wave did a few years ago? Maybe...

The “inventor” says the cheer doesn’t have a name yet. The Ada Icon suggests calling it “Bowling for Baskets” or “The Wobbler.”

Here’s how it works:

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Bloodmobile to visit Ada twice

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, March 8, 2018

The Red Cross blood mobile will be in Ada twice this month. The schedule:

Monday, March 19, 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Ada Visiting Nurses and Hospice, 1200 S. Main.

Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at ONU McIntosh Center.

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What can you do at the Armstrong Space Museum?

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, March 8, 2018

The weather and the calendar notwithstanding, this week has been Spring Break at Ada Exempted Village Schools.

Ada Elementary student Richard Moed took the occasion to visit the Neil Armstrong Space Museum in nearby Wapakoneta, where he piloted a Gemini spacecraft in a docking maneuver, landed a LEM on the moon, and landed a Shuttle after its journey around the Earth.  Not a bad day's work for a fourth grader.

Thanks to Ada Icon photographer Ken Collins, here are pictures of Richard and what is available to see and do at the museum.

(Ken Collins photos)

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Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes 4H meeting held

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeye 4-H Club met Monday evening at the Hardin Northern School with 48 members, more than 20 guests, and 9 advisors present. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Heidi Trachsel and the 4-H pledge led by Emori Criner. Roll call was answered by naming your favorite fast food place.  New members received green folders to keep all the handout materials together.

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Icon dog of the week - Brady

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Meet Brady. Brady is a 2 year old, neutered male boxer mix. He weighs 72 pounds. Brady is available now. Can you give him a forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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40 million footballs later

Dan Riegle retires as manager of Wilson's
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 4, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Forty million (yes, million) footballs have been produced at Wilson Sporting Goods Company in Ada since Dan Riegle began there 37 years ago. On Friday he retired as plant manager.

Dan began at the plant on North Liberty Street following graduation from the University of Findlay. He started in accounting, moved up through the ranks, and has been plant manager for a long time. 

He says, kiddingly, that now he can farm in the daylight. He and wife Cindy live on a 500-acre farm near Arlington. In the past, he did his grain farming at night and on the weekends. For a number of years, he also raised hogs.

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