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Vancrest residents celebration national Ice Cream Soda Day
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 23, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Folks at Vancrest Ada enjoyed sodas on Tuesday to celebrate National Ice Cream Soda Day.

Here, Jane Coburn (left) and Colleen and Howard Schick share a soda, like kids did in the old days when there were drive-ins and you ordered through a speaker, then the food was brought to you by servers on roller skates. Who invented the soda?

There are many claims to the invention of this delicious treat.  One such claim was made by a Mr. Robert McCay Green. 

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State Medical Board suspends license of Bluffton rheumatology physician

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 23, 2017

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Dr. James Alan Gideon, M.D, Bluffton rheumatology and internal medicine physician, whose office is at 132 Garau St., has been suspended from medical practice and surgery after he admitted to sexual misconduct with patients.

The State Medical Board of Ohio has banned him from medical and surgery practice until it holds a hearing on his case. No hearing date has been set.

The suspension follows a June 14 board meeting where members determined that Dr. Gideon had violated a section of the Ohio Administrative Code.

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Here's ODOT construction projects in Hardin County

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 23, 2017

The following is highway construction scheduled within Hardin County.

Bridge repairs
State Route 31 closure between township Road 265 and state Route 273 has been delayed until late summer. Work will begin once a project on state Route 195 south of McGuffey has been completed.

Once under way, the project will close the route for 60 days for bridge repair at two locations: one over Painter Creek just south of township Road 206, the second over Wolf Creek north of township Road 265. Traffic detoured onto state Route 292 and state Route 273 back to state Route 31. Work is being performed by Crossroads Construction, Cambridge. (See detour map 1, map 2)

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Summer sports

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 22, 2017

Ada swim team members practice each weekday morning at the Ada pool. This year's season is into its third week.

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New First United Methodist pastor is an ONU graduate

Brandi Grant-Rigsby will preach her first sermon here on Sunday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 22, 2017

Brandi Grant-Rigsby, new pastor of First United Methodist Church, will preach her first sermon in Ada on Sunday, June 25.

She already had an Ada connection as a 2005 Ohio Northern University graduate with a degree in psychology and youth ministry.

“I am thrilled to be moving back to Ada and having the opportunity to raise my kids in this town that has always felt like home to me,” she told The Icon.

Originally from Ayersville, the new pastor earned a master’s of divinity degree from Methodist Theological School of Ohio, Delaware, in 2011.

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A four-legged police officer

Ada kids meet K9 Riley at the park
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 22, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
K9 Riley greets children at Ada War Memorial Park on Thursday during a week-long series of sessions about the duties and equipment of emergency responders.

Riley's handler for the past four years has been Sheriff Deputy Joe Carl. Youngsters meeting Riley are Gabyrel and Dylan Ford, Kiera Cash, and Jasmine and Gage Gibson.

Carl said Riley is very friendly. But the 8-year-canine wears different collars for what is expected of him. There is a collar that, when worn, tells the dog to track the scent of a person, another collar indicates that the dog should be aggressive, another tells him to search for drugs, etc.

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