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New Used and Needful Things opens south of Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 18, 2014

New Used and Needful Things opened this month at the intersection of State Route 309 and 235 south of Ada.

According to Claudia Titus of the business, “We buy, sell and trade items. We accept donations and include lots of items from garage sales. The money earned on sales is used for our animal rescue account.”

Home at Last Animal Rescue, also operated by the owners of New Used and Needful Things, recently received 501c3 status and is a non-profit agency.

Officers of the non-profit agency are Claudia Titus, president; John Stephens, vice president and Marilyn Dearth, secretary.

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Voting for Liberty National Bank's favorite holiday pet photo now underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Liberty National Bank wants to know which pet picture Ada residents think is their favorite holiday pet photo.

Ada Icon viewers can help in the contest. Here's how it works. Anyone may vote for a favorite holiday pet photo. All photos are posted on the bank's Facebook page.

The pet that receives the most votes/likes by noon on Christmas Eve, will enable its owner to decide which local charity will receive a $500 donation from Liberty National Bank. 

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Deb Curlis will continue as Ada chamber president in 2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Deb Curlis of Community Health Professionals will continue as president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce in 2015.

The chamber held election of officers and board members on Wednesday. Those elected included:

• Deb Curlis, president
• David Dellifield, vice president
• Corsi Arn, secretary

Board of directors whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2015
• Linda Armstrong
• Darla Crownhart

Board of directors whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2017
• Jill Simmons
• Jamie Hall
• Annetta Shirk (member of the Hardin Chamber)

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Dress rehearsal

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Wednesday was dress rehearsal day for students at Ready, Set, Grow Preschool in Ada. The students' Christmas party is Thursday. Children will present several songs and poems including "Twas the Night Before Christmas." The morning class performance is at 11 a.m. The afternoon class performance is at 2:30 p.m. at 4171 State Route 235 (South Main Street).

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It certainly doesn’t feel like December

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Wednesday, December 17, 2014

With temperatures in the 50, the weather this week may not put people in the Christmas spirit, but we’ll take it.

Here’s the daily weather high and low temperatures for the first 15 days of the month with snowfall (none) and precipitation (scan), provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The information is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Linda Cramer had worked as a clerk for Cole-Humphrey Insurance Agency

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Linda K. Cramer, 77, died on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at 12:25 p.m. at her residence in Lima, Ohio.

She was born on July 24, 1937, in Lima to Jack H. and M. Kathlynn “Katie” (Loutzenhiser) Baker and they preceded her in death. She was married to Ernest F. Boutwell and they were divorced.

She worked as a clerk for Cole-Humphrey Insurance Agency of Ada. She was a member of the Ada Junior Civic League and was a volunteer at Lima Memorial Health System.

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