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Community Improvement Corp. elects board members

Dick Lawrence, long-time board member, announces retirement
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 25, 2016

Board members of Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) were elected for 2017 at the Dec. 21 monthly meeting of the group.

Board members elected for terms from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018 follow:
• Beth Fenton
• Jamie Hall
• Angela Polachek
• Norm Rex
• Don Traxler

Dick Lawrence, a CIC member for many years, announced his retirement from the board. At the Jan. 18 meeting officers will be elected.

Reports at the meeting included the announcement that Cassie Collins, an Ada village employee, will manage the Ada pool in 2017.

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A 93-year-old Christmas thought

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 25, 2016

Here's a Bluffton Christmas card from 93 seasons ago. It's mailed with a 1 cent stamp to the Icon owner's grandmother, Bertha Hahn, 216 W. Elm St., Bluffton, from her bother, Werner Althaus in Toledo.  The postmark is Dec. 15, 1923. The card's message is below.

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Hardin County Sheriff's office and Ada FFA team up for Christmas

Two fun short videos you'll want to see
Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, December 24, 2016

The Spirit of Christmas has a little bit of Ada as seen here.

Here's two Facebook videos from the Hardin County Sheriff's Office. Watch the deputies deliver foot baskets donated by the Ada High School Future Farmers of America.

Click the link to watch:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hardin-County-Sheriffs-Office/13285836339...

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Dreaming of Christmases, like the ones I used to know

A highlight of the season was a shopping trip to downtown Lima
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 23, 2016

No question about it.

My memories of the best Christmas ever come in a package wrapped from stores located in the Lima public square.

I know. It's sounds impossible to viewers born after Neil A. walked on the moon; but it's true.

There was nothing...nothing like going to Lima and shopping downtown for Christmas.

Picture this: Somewhere on South Main, Lima, there was Porter's Music Store. You could actually select a 33 1/3 rpm album, enter a listening booth and listen to the album in privacy. That way you'd know if you wanted to buy it or pass.

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If the first Christmas was in 2016

Using poetic license, here's the Icon's version of a familiar story
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 23, 2016

The Icon offers this Christmas story, repeated from last Christmas.

In the eighth year in the reign of Obama, legislation passed that all U.S. citizens be counted in the county where their ancestors had settled. This unusual census was when Kasich was governor of Ohio and Latta was fifth district representative.

Jose from Lebanon, Ohio, with his young housekeeper, Maria, who was nine-month’s pregnant with someone else’s child, and who Jose had intended to marry, drove to Ada in Jose’s 1996 Mercury Cougar. This was because Jose was a great-great-great-grandson of one of the original immigrants in Liberty Township.

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A Merry Steelions Christmas

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 23, 2016

The Wild Steelions steel drum band gave two Christmas performances on Dec. 23. The photo above shows Jacob Bassett, Connor Daugherty, Isabella Mancuso of the group performing at Vancrest of Ada. Later in the afternoon the band performed at Maple Crest, Bluffton. Playing Caribbean music and Christmas songs, members are directed by Dr. Sarah Waters.The Steelions are composed of 12-15 year olds from Ada and Lima who are learning steel drum music. Pictured below are Carmen Mancuso, Nate Hall, Ian Dellifield and Dr.

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