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Richland Manor pie baking contest "as easy as pie"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 7, 2013

It’s difficult to know which the residents and contestants at Richland Manor’s pie baking contest enjoyed more – making their pies, or tasting them, as bakers and tasters alike lined up to sample the entries at the campus’ Pie Baking Contest recently.

Prior to the contest, Richland Manor residents Ruth Wildermuth and Michele Cardone made a homemade crust for the Caramel Chocolate Apple Crunch Pie they were entering in the contest on behalf of the residents Cooking Club.

“I’m so excited to enter our pie in the contest,” Ruth said. “I’m especially looking forward to tasting the other entries.”

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Two Ada HS students attend Kiwanis Key Leadership program

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 6, 2013

The Ada Kiwanis Club sponsored two Ada students, Shelby Hazelton and Mackenzie Wills, to the Ohio Kiwanis Key Leader program recently. The event was held at Recreations Unlimited in Ashley, Ohio.

Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today's young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership-development experience.

A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.

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15 minutes with Dean Alstaetter

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Saturday, May 4, 2013

Where did you grow up?

In the country between Cairo and Columbus Grove, OH.

From where and when did you graduate from high school?

Bath High 1990

How did you end up attending Goshen College? Were you a music major? You also have a master's degree, correct?

My church introduced me to Goshen College and attended music camp there each summer.  I studied piano performance.  My Master of Arts in Piano Pedagogy is from The Ohio State University.  I studied composition and music theory at BGSU.

What was your first job? What did you learn from that?

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Welcome to The Icon's "Who Am I?" - It could be you!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 2, 2013

Welcome to The Ada Icon's newest feature: "“Who Am I?”

Alisa Armbrecht creates these Ada brain-teasers, and, no, we won't reveal the mystery person's identity (could be a man, could be a woman, could be a student) until you stew on it for a few days.

Here's your clues:

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Ada celebrates with Zac at his April 27 "Draft Party"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 30, 2013

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

By Don Traxler
An estimated 300 family and friends of Zac Dysert gathered at the ONU N-Men’s Alumni Association for his “Draft Party” Saturday night, April 27. The event was sponsored by his parents Greg and Carla Dysert and his sisters, Heather and Brooke, and their families.  Many local friends assisted in setting up for the event, serving food and beverages and then the cleanup.

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33rd year for Ada Kiwanis Club to make Arbor Day donation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 29, 2013

The Ada Kiwanis Club presented its annual $500 donation to the Village of Ada for its annual tree-planting efforts at the Arbor Day celebration held on April 26 at the Ada Schools.

In presenting the check, President Myrna McCurdy said, “It has been our privilege to make this annual presentation for the past 33 years. The motto of Kiwanis International is 'Serving the Children of the World.' The membership of the Ada Kiwanis Club works to serve the children and future adults of our community. 

Our annual donation of money for trees is our way of showing children how we also work to create a better, more green environment.”

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