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Eggplant, Brussel sprouts, onions and green peppers, just for starters

A look at the Hamilton veggie garden
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Photo and story by Jimmy Wilson
Today’s featured Ada Icon Veggie Garden belongs to Ann Donnelly Hamilton and Loren Hamilton (off working), and their children Grady (age 8) and Morgan (age 2). 

Grady and Morgan boast that they did most of the work preparing, planting, and maintaining their garden on North Main.  

According to Ann, “Grady has been reading a book on Botany this summer to understand more about how the seeds grow. 

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Victoria Ross will play in Marching 110 band at Ohio University

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Victoria Ross was accepted into membership of the Marching 110 band at Ohio University this fall where she will play the mellophone. She will attend OU, majoring in marketing and minoring in instrumental music.

Victoria is a 2020 graduate of Ada High School. She was a drum major her junior year and head drum major her senior year.

Victoria was also part of Inertia her senior year, which is an independent marching band based out of Dayton.

 

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Icon's Ada veggie garden of the week - you'll find it on South Johnson

Belongs to Lee Ann and Dustin Jordan and their daughter Selena
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Photo and story by Jimmy Wilson
"This week's Ada Icon Veggie Garden of the Week belongs to Lee Ann and Dustin Jordan and their daughter, Selena, (in the middle). 

The Jordans have grown a garden in their back yard on South Johnson for many years. Their garden this year promises high yields, although recent rains and rabbits have taken their tolls on their beets and lettuce.  

Their one-eyed owl stands guard.

The Ada Veggie Garden of the Week highlights vegetable gardens in the Ada area as a way of promoting self-sufficiency and agriculture education. 

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Here comes the parade!

Red, White and Drive Through parade keeps Vancrest residents waving
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, July 12, 2020

It’s possible that the encore was even better than the first time around.

A National Nursing Home Week parade through Vancrest was a big hit in May. The 50+vehicle parade allowed residents to get outside for the first in week and enjoy a parade just for them.

That wasn’t enough for the resident or those paraders. On Wednesday A Red, White and Drive Through parade entertained residents once again.

This parade included several horses in addition to all those 4-wheel vehicles. And, with over 50 participants, it was a 20-minute-and-longer affair.

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Long-time Bluffton promoter, Dick Boehr, retires "sort of"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 10, 2020

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Bluffton’s major promoter since 1957, Dick Boehr, has “sort of” called it quits.

No one has yet signed up to fill the vacancy, nor has asked to see the job description.

For reasons unknown to most residents here, this past winter he sold the “Boehr block” at the corner of Main and Vine, a building where he did most of his Bluffton brainstorming since purchasing it in 1969.

Funny thing though, he never was paid for these Bluffton promotion efforts. Instead, he was forced to sell real estate on the side to keep bread on the table for his wife, Corrine, and their four sons.

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Kimberly Badertscher's story

Go Fund Me site established to assist with a July kidney transplant
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A Go Fund Me fundraiser is underway this summer for Kimberly Badertscher, Ada HS and Ohio Northern graduate, according to Sharon Badertscher, her mother.

Kimberly has been scheduled for a kidney transplant at the end of July. She is responsible for 20% of the bill, a minimum of $20,000 out of pocket just for the transplant surgery itself. 

There will be additional costs, such as hospital stay, any labs or testing, pharmacy medications and supplemental oxygen.

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