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Meet the Icon dog of the week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, May 15, 2017

Meet Lovie. She is a 10 year old boxer mix, She weighs 49 pounds. Lovie is available now and hoping for a forever home. 

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Dr. Freed receives honorary degree from Defiance College

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, May 12, 2017

DEFIANCE — Defiance College held its commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 6.

Dr. DeBow Freed, President Emeritus of Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay, was recognized with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

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Amelia is officially in remission

Chemotheraphy is discontinued
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 5, 2017

Amelia Griffin, Ada’s young super hero, received tremendous news this week: As a result of a PPET scan on Monday, her biopsy results negative. Amelia is officially in remission.

This news was reported by her parents on Team Amanda Facebook. Here’s the Facebook report:

They discontinued her chemo!

Hopefully, she will be going back on the DFMO clinical trial.

Thank you for your prayers and for continuing through this journey with Amelia and our family. You are truly a blessing to our family and we are forever grateful!

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At least the ducks like it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 4, 2017

Ducks like parks, too. Weekend rains brought large puddles of water. This male mallard duck was taking a leisurely swim at War Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. (Jerry Maag photo)

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Ada Icon total views up over 13% in first quarter of 2017

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 3, 2017

In the first four months of 2017 Ada Icon total views increased by over 13 percent, according to statistics from Google Analytics.

Here are those stats with 2017 totals first and 2016 totals second.

Total viewers
41,423 vs. 36,571
13.27 % increase

Total individual viewers
18,202 vs. 17,390
4.67 % increase

Page views
85,956 pages vs. 66,580 pages
29.10 % increase

Average pages viewed per visit
2.08 pages vs. 1.82 pages
13.98 % increase

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That's a Wheeling and Lake Erie diesel passing Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, April 28, 2017

You never know what you'll see when a fast freight passes through Ada on the Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroad.

Here's an Ohio Northern University-colored Wheeling and Lake Erie locomotive pulling an eastbound freight.

We've seen W & LE, Ohio and Indiana, Genesee and Wyoming and even Burlington Northern diesels pass through town - far removed from the days of maroon-colored Pennsylvania Railroad.

Watch this freight on the video below.

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