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Weekend forecast calls for more snow and lower temperatures

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 3, 2014

• Low-Impact Winter Storm Sunday & Monday for AEP’s East Utilities
• Extreme Cold Wave Monday & Tuesday

AEP has issues a weather advisory, which affects the Icon viewing area. Here is the information provided by AEP. The map above relates to this information.

AEP meteorologists expect another low-impact winter storm will track through AEP’s East Utilities on Sunday followed by bitterly cold temperatures and gusty winds Monday.

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The weatherman says 2013 was a pretty normal year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 2, 2014

Considering weather conditions, 2013 had the feel of a “normal” year in Bluffton. The monthly totals provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer for the Icon, confirm that.

Precipitation for 2013, at 41.13 inches falls in the not-too-little, not-too-much range, when compared to records back to from 2006.

Annual weather summaries from 2006 to 2013 are in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Snowfall of 34.7 inches appears to compare to normal snowfall over the past eight years – 2006 being the exception with only 11.9 inches.

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"100" a key element of Ada's top stories of 2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 29, 2013

The number 100 might well describe Ada’s top stories of 2013:

Consider:
• 100-year-old Agnes Crates became Citizen of the Year,
•  the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic celebrated its 100th year,
•  the Lincoln Highway observed its 100th year.
• Zac Dysert, who plays on a 100-yard field, became a Denver Bronco.
   Stories and videos featuring Dysert attracted over 900 hits on the Icon.
• the Ada school levy passed by 100 + votes (actually 104 votes).

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...and, here's Bluffton's top photos of 2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 29, 2013

The Ada Icon's sister website, Bluffton Icon, also posted its top photos of 2013. We thought Ada viewers might be interested in seeing what took place in Bluffton during 2013.

The Ada Icon's top photos are also posted on the Bluffton Icon. Bluffton's top photos are in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Take a look at Ada Icon's 2013 photos of the year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, December 28, 2013

Icon viewers:

2013 was a great year to take photos in Ada! Lots of events took place.

PLEASE OPEN OUR PHOTO GALLERY ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Over the past 12 months The Icon has recorded many activities in Ada. We've taken over 350 photos, showing life in our small town. As a look-back, we selected some of our favorite photos of the year.

Where do you start when you have over 350 photos to chose from? We've narrowed down our selection to one for each month - it was a tough project.

Please enjoy our New Year's gift to you, as we offer one photo from each month from 2103, plus a bonus photo.

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New tax guides available to assist with 2013 taxes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 26, 2013

Taxpayers can get the most out of various tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2013 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov.

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