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Ada’s Past Is Revealing Today

(Dave Devier, Ph.D., attended ONU and lived in and around the community for 45 years. He taught at Northern for 15 years. Currently, he is President of Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Mich. While in the Ada area, he and his wife Patty collected Ada/ONU memorabilia. He will write an occasional column for the Ada Icon describing some of their "finds" that pertain to the town and gown.)

By David Devier

Pfeifer leads ONU men's swimming at OAC

ONU Senior Logan Pfeifer(Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) earned All-Conference honors in the 50 free to lead the Ohio Northern men on the first day of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.

Pfeifer was second in the event in :21.08.

The top three finishers in each individual event and the top two relay teams earn All-Conference honors.

The Polar Bears are gunning for their 13th consecutive OAC Championships crown under 13th-year head coach Peggy Ewald and are in second place out of seven teams through five of the 20 events.

Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H Club sign-up meeting

Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H Club sign-up meeting is set for Tuesday, March 7.  Members may stop at the Ada First Presbyterian Church from 7 to 8 p.m. 

Regular meetings are held on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of the month, March thru August, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the same location. 

Any Hardin County youth who is 8 and in the third grade by January 1, 2017, or older, may join. 

Diller's Flooring and Interior, Bluffton, has it!

If you see it on Pinterest or HTV, we have it

Did you know that if you see it on Pinterest or HGTV Diller's Flooring and Interior, 119 N. Main St., Bluffton, has it!

Dan Diller said that there's still time to get get those indoor remodeling projects done. Dillers has ceramic tile and hardwood for all indoor remodeling projects.

Hours are:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays
9 a.m. to noon Saturdays
4190-358-4545

Ada chamber's business of the year: Easter House Bed and Breakfast

Barely one year old, the business owners committed to promoting Ada

It’s official: Easter House Bed and Breakfast, 508 N. Main St., is the 2017 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year.

David Dellifield, chamber president, made the announcement at the Feb. 15 chamber annual dinner in McIntosh Center.

Accepting the award were owners Mark Hilan and Amy Eddings.

The business is barely one year old, yet the owners have proven worthy of the award through several efforts to promote Ada through their business and being a driving force to launch the Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

Come on in, the water's...freezing

Ohio Northern University's Delta Sigma Phi fraternity have preparations underway for the 7th annual Polar Plunge at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25. The event is a fund raiser for the American Red Cross. Watch the Icon for more details. This photo is from last year's plunge which raised $1,500.

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