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Icon's dog of the week - awaiting your arrival!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Here's a pooch waiting for you to adopt it. Looks like a great lap dog.

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.

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Who will be this year's Festival queen?

Ashley, Rielyn, Mara, Olivia or Libbie?
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 16, 2016

One will be queen for a day.

Meet the 2016 Ada Harvest and Herb queen candidates.

Five Ada High School seniors are candidates for this year’s festival queen. They are:
• Ashley Breidenbach, daughter of Travis and Tracy Breidenbach
• Rielyn Castle, daughter of Cherie and Raymond Castle
• Mara Guyton, daughter of Christine Cavallaro and Steve Guyton
• Olivia Guyton, daughter of Christine Cavallaro and Steve Guyton
• Libbie Milks, daughter of Mike and Beth Milks

Contestants were judged on Sept. 11. Each completed three brief essays on:

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Andy Steingass helps to raise money for ReStore program

Artist group effort will create more than 400 bowls for November fundraiser
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Local artist Andy Steingass has been named an adjunct professor at ONU for the first semester. He will teach the ceramic classes of Luke Sheets while Sheets is on sabbatical in Central America.

Steingass was featured in an Ada Icon article on April 11. Click here to read it.

Steingass is sitting among many bowls ready for firing. More than 400 bowls will need to be made for Artists Against Hunger in November. He, his students, other faculty members, and local residents all make some of the bowls.

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Ada Junior Civic League taking pecan orders at Harvest and Herb Fest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Ada Junior Civic League met at the home of Sandy Neely for a potluck dinner with 10 members and 6 guests present.  The meeting was called to order by President Linda Ferguson.  She began by thanking Sandy, Shirley Chambers and Sherry Evans for hosting. 

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By popular vote Jason Duff awarded coveted Disco Ball trophy

Jason Duff and Marina Hattan win accolades from the judges
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 13, 2016

By Amy Eddings

By popular vote, audience members of “Dancing With the Ada Stars” awarded contestant Jason Duff the coveted Disco Ball trophy.  His vigorous and expressive rendition of the swing with Marina Hattan of the Utah Ballroom Dance Company bested five other Ada locals Saturday night in this stage version of the popular ABC talent competition at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

"I am extremely humbled and appreciative,” Duff told the Ada Icon. “It was a wild experience from start to finish, and certainly a wonderful way to celebrate music and the arts in Ada."

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Meet Mickie, Icon's dog of the week

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Mickie, 4 month old male dane mix, 32 pounds

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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