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She was Ada's Welcome Wagon hostess

Evelyn "Myrtle" Krofft is in the Vancrest resident spotlight
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The March Vancrest resident spotlight is on a familiar Ada resident, Evelyn “Myrtle” Krofft. 

In the late 1960s and early 1970s she was Ada’s Welcome Wagon hostess.

Born in Detroit, she and her husband, Robert, moved to Ada after they were married in 1947.

Evelyn was a stay at home mom until her youngest child was 5. She soon went to work as the produce manager at the Ada IGA Food liner, now known as Community Market. 

Evelyn says that she loved to travel with her family, going on many vacations to different states, either tent camping at state parks, sight-seeing, museums, zoos, and even caving. 

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Recent poll results, and invitation to our newest poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 1, 2020

Who would have thought this poll question would be a 50/50 split among our poll takers?

To take the Icons' newest poll, posted March 1 click here or go to the bottom of the Icon home page.

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ONU student “leaping” into college life at age 5

Her driver’s license lists Feb. 29 as her date of birth, but next year when she has it renewed, she’ll need to do it on March 1.  (The DMV told her that she wouldn’t have been born yet on Feb. 28). 
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 28, 2020

By Barbara Lockard
Nina Buchan is a sophomore psychology major at Ohio Northern University.  She lives on campus, attends classes by herself and manages to keep up with her studies.

Not unusual, except that according to official records, Nina is just 5 years old.  

As far as this publication can determine, Buchan is the only ONU student and, possibly the only Ada resident, with a Feb. 29 birthday. 

 As we look forward to this extra Leap Year day on Saturday, Buchan expects a rather quiet birthday celebration. A little more hoopla may be in order when you consider that she has a birthday just once every four years!  

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Seven AHS artists in Kewpee HS Invitation Exhibit

Brenna Hissong • Isabella Mancuso • Kendal Guagenti • Kyle Colwell • Isaac Williams • Nora Dellifield • Katie Butterfield
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 27, 2020

Seven Ada High School artists had works accepted in this winter’s Kewpee High School Invitational Exhibit. Three were award-winners in the show, which closes on Friday at ArtSpace/Lima, according to Gary Wells, high school art teacher.

Ada award winners follow:
• Brenna Hissong, first place in sculpture, work titled “Free Form”
• Isabella Mancuso, first place in drawing, work titled “Self Portrait”
• Kendal Guagenti, first place in mixed media, work titled “Self Portrait with Butterflies”

Four other Ada art students had works accepted into the show. They are Kyle Colwell, Isaac Williams, Nora Dellifield and Katie Butterfield.

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Russian student interested in working for international organization

"One that is involved in civic activities to do good for the world"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 27, 2020

Anna Lebedeva
Your nationality: Russian
Year at ONU: Senior
Major at ONU: Political Science

Interviewed by Elizaveta Dyachuk

Icon: How did you hear about ONU?
Anna: I’d had no idea that I would study at ONU before the YEAR Program (Year of Exchange in America for Russians), I am a participant of, announced the university I would go to. ONU is a small local university, that’s why even when I got the results, I still had no clue where I would go to. So, I googled it and came across ONU social media that surprised me in a good way with the activity there.  

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Emma Spradlin, McGuffey native, turns 102

Thursday birthday party planned at Vancrest
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Emma Spradlin, a life-long resident of McGuffey, will celebrate her 102nd birthday on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Vancrest of Ada, with her family and friends. She lived in McGuffey since she was 7. She is mother to nine children.

One of her daughters, Dorothy Puckett of Kenton, provided the Icon with a poem that summarizes her life:

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