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ONU Professor and Ada Rotarian Christine North with Karla, the 8th grade girl she sponsors in the Dominican Republic.  North says she feels “so honored to be able to sponsor Karla and serve as a role model for her.”  North hopes to encourage Karla to continue her education, to go to college, to live a fulfilling life.  “She is such a sweet young woman.”

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ONU Professor and Ada Rotarian Christine North with Karla, the 8th grade girl she sponsors in the Dominican Republic.  North says she feels “so honored to be able to sponsor Karla and serve as a role model for her.”  North hopes to encourage Karla to continue her education, to go to college, to live a fulfilling life.  “She is such a sweet young woman.”

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By Christine L. North

Our barrio clinic today was in a community named Cerro de Chiva (which translates “Goat Hill”), near Elias Piña, an impoverished city on the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

The people in this community have very few resources and many of the people we saw today were severely malnourished and sick.  A number of Haitian immigrants live in this community. The poverty is the most severe we have seen.

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Students from Ada's Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre will hold a car wash on Saturday, June 9, to help raise money for their upcoming New Year's Day trip to perform in the pre-game and half-time festivities for the Outback Bowl. The car wash will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Burger King, on the east side of Lima, at the intersection of State Routes 309 and 117, near I-75.

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Now here's a deal that's difficult to refuse -

The Ada Public Library's Dream Big Read! summer program. It started June 4, but there's plenty of time to join.

Here's how it works:

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Ada Police Chief Michael Harnishfeger released the May 28 to June 3 Ada police call log to The Icon. It follows:

May 28
• Traffic stop warning for loud music
• Handled suspicious activity complaint at Grand and Montford
• Handled non-injury accident at Rite Aid
• Assist EMS on S. Johnson

May 29
• Handled loud noise complaint on West Lima Avenue
• Traffic stop citationfor expired plates
• Report taken for curfew violation
• Traffic stop warning for marked lanes
• Report taken for theft from a vehicle on West Highland
• Traffic stop warning for no brake light

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