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Future of recycling as it affects Ada

Interview with Dennis Baker of North Central Ohio Waste Management District
Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, August 7, 2018

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Part 3 of the Icon's recycling series
What does the future hold for recycling?

The Icon interviewed Dennis Baker, Executive Director of North Central Ohio Waste Management District to find out.

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Neurosurgical Associates of Northwest Ohio offering O-armTM Imaging System

Assist providers in placing hardware, removing cancerous activity
Posted by LizGH on Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Neurosurgical Associates of Northwest Ohio, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), recently installed an O-armTM Surgical Imaging System, an intraoperative 2D and 3D imaging system that is used to assist providers in placing hardware, removing cancerous activity and preforming a variety of procedures.

Used in conjunction with a navigation system, this system allows surgeons to receive a multidimensional view of the surgical location, improving accuracy and reducing the risk of injury. Spinal, orthopedic trauma, neurological and other types of imaging can be achieved with the O-armTM system.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

March 1931 J.G. Tressel was busy opening a new stone quarry south of Hog creek north of Ada.

March 1931 Ohio Northern fencers won their seventh consecutive victory by defeating Toledo YMCA at Toledo.

March 1931 P.W. Root and W.E. King, both of Kenton, purchased the Slagle Lumber Company here.

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A busy week in store for Ada

Lincoln Highway Buy Way garage sale and Farmers' and Merchants Picnic
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 6, 2018

It's a busy week for Ada. Heather Cox, president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, provides viewers with peek into later this week and on to September. Watch the Icon for details on each of these events.
 
· Aug. 9, 10, 11 - Lincoln Highway Buy Way garage sale
· Aug. 10 – Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance Golf Outing –
   they are currently looking for volunteers
· Aug.11 - Farmers and Merchants Picnic  
· Aug. 19 from 2 – 4 p.m. – ONU Welcome Fest (information attached)
· Aug. 21 from 8 – 10 a.m. – Senior Citizens Pancake Breakfast
· Aug. 25 – DARE golf outing

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Ada's flying alligator

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 6, 2018

A flying alligator in Ada? You bet. You'll find this large specimen high in the air in the Butturff Atrium on the Ohio Northern University campus.

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What are you reading?

Debbie Engelhardt's list spreads from Amish fiction to Christian fiction
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 6, 2018

By Darlene Bowers
"Better to stop one paddle short than one too far."
— Suzanne Woods Fisher, A Lancaster County Christmas

Debbie Engelhardt, substitute teacher, 45 year Alger resident

A Lancaster County Christmas by Suzanne Woods Fisher is Debbie Engelhardt’s favorite book “It is a good Amish Christmas story,” shares Debbie.

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