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Country breakfast Aug. 2 in Alger

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, July 18, 2014

The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast on Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Alger Social Center on Main St. in Alger. 

The menu includes biscuits, sausage gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage. Suggested donation is $7.00. All-you-can-eat (on premises only).

Carry out is available. Can’t get there? Call 419- 679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery. Call 419-757-3891 for more information.

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Shirley Biederman 1933-2014

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, July 18, 2014

Shirley M. Biederman, 80, died on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 6:42 a.m. at her residence in Kenton, Ohio.

Shirley was born on September 25, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio to Fred H. and Ruth (Baldwin) Hawley and they preceded her in death. On September 29, 1951 she married Ralph F.Biederman and he died on September 23, 1991.

Shirley was a homemaker. She attended the Victory Chapel of Praise Church in rural Alger.

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Beacon Realty's featured home of the week - 2975 Bentley Road

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 18, 2014

Beacon Realty, 2089 N. Main St., Ada, announces its featured home of the week. The listing is a residence at 2975 Bentley Road, Ada. The list price is $349,900.

For complete details on the listing open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.

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French wine tasting "views and vintages" July 23 at Mustard Seed Cafe, Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 18, 2014

A French wine tasting "views and vintages" takes place next week at Mustard Seed Cafe.

Here's the the details:

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Ada loves to read in the summer; just ask the library

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 17, 2014

Ada loves to read in the summer.

Amanda Bennett, Director of the Ada Public Library, updated the Ada Kiwanis Club about this summer’s library reading program, which has concluded

She noted the following:
• 446 people signed up for summer reading program, which included:
• 57 babies - age 5
• 152 kindergarten - 5th grade
• 76 6th grade to 12th grade
• 161 adults

Also: 231 persons of all ages finished the program (roughly 51%)

The library held 73 programs over six weeks, with 1,787 attending the programs.

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Area wheat harvest above average; soybeans and corn also look good

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 17, 2014

“Good quality wheat and an above average yield.”

That’s one way to describe the 2014 wheat harvest in the Icon viewership area.

Larry Kaiser, manager Ada grain branch of Heritage Cooperative, provide the Icon with some of this year’s harvest figures.

Kaiser reports yields ranging from 65 to 90 bushels per acre, with an average of about 80 bushels per acre. Moisture content average was 15.2 percent mostly (13.5 percent is dry).

The first wheat arrived at the Ada elevator on July 5 and the harvest should be completed by the end of this week.

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