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Several Ada winners in 25 Days of Christmas Buy Local Contest

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 22, 2014

The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance announced the winners of the Buy Local First Holiday Contest, which ran from Nov. 24 - Dec. 18. 

The Alliance partnered with the Buy Ada First Committee and 32 local businesses on the event. There were over $1,600 in prizes given away thanks to the participating businesses.

The 25 Days of Christmas Buy Local Contest was a way to educate the community on the benefits of buying local and to encourage shoppers to buy local this holiday season.

The $500 Grand Prize winner was Jill Reiter, the $200 winner was Holly Ulrich, and the $100 winner was Craig Crouse.

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15 minutes with Ada seniors Madison Stoner and Jarod Woodland

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 18, 2014

15 minutes with Madison Stoner and Jarod Woodland

Madison, tell me what classes you are taking this year:
Art 4, Psychology, English 12 CP, Algebra 3, Communications and Photography.

How about your schedule, Jarod:
Psychology, English 12 CP, Spanish 4, Rock and Pop – that’s a music course -, Personal Finance and Photography.

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“Classic Homeschooling” subject of Dec. 9 Kiwanis meeting

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Ada Kiwanis Club met on Tuesday December 9, 2014 at 12:00 noon at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada President John Berg called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon.

The following guests were introduced: Rev. Patrick Allen, his wife Deb, and two of their children, Nathan and Noah.

The birthdays of members Scott Wills (December 10th) and Jon Umphress (December 13th were noted.

The wedding anniversary of Bryan and Colleen Marshall (December17th) was also noted.

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Anabel, Nora and Sydney had a very interesting Thanksgiving - cheering!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 12, 2014

Anabel Alexander and Nora Dellified from Ada and Sydney Hayter from Kenton joined more than 500 elementary, junior high and high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the country who performed in the 2014 UCA/UDA Thanksgiving Tour at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

The three performed with the UCA/UDA All-Americans group in the Festival of Fantasy pre-parade at the Magic Kingdom Park on Thanksgiving Day.

Anabel is an eighth grader at Ada.She is the daughter of Rob and Shelleigh Alexander. Grandparents are Bob and Phyllis Alexander from Ada and Bill and Carol Watson from Bascom.

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15 minutes with Justice Cheney, 2014 AHS grad planning to move to Columbus

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 12, 2014

By Torie Wright

What year did you graduate from Ada High School?
I graduated in May of 2014.

You recently graduated from State Beauty Academy. What’s coming next?
Next will be a job in the nail industry, and after six months I will be taking the next step in life and will be moving to Columbus to see what’s in store for me there.

When did you first discover your love of nail art?
I always enjoyed doing others’ nails for fun, whether it was painting for fun or doing nails for homecoming, or even getting my own done every two weeks.

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Now you can view ALL photos taken with Santa during Merry on Main

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Did you meet Santa Claus on Dec. 1 during Merry on Main?

Did you sit on his lap?

If you, this is your lucky day.

Thanks to the Polar Careers Office at Ohio Northern University, the Ada Icon has a link to the careers' facebook site.

You may now view all of the photos taken while Santa visited youth of all ages in the Ada Depot. Merry on Main is an Ada Area Chamber of Commerce program.

In addition to Santa, the evening included a short concert by students from Miss Vickie's Music Studio, horse and wagon rides and punch and cookies.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS.

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