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Voting for Liberty National Bank's favorite holiday pet photo now underway

Liberty National Bank wants to know which pet picture Ada residents think is their favorite holiday pet photo.

Ada Icon viewers can help in the contest. Here's how it works. Anyone may vote for a favorite holiday pet photo. All photos are posted on the bank's Facebook page.

The pet that receives the most votes/likes by noon on Christmas Eve, will enable its owner to decide which local charity will receive a $500 donation from Liberty National Bank. 

Deb Curlis will continue as Ada chamber president in 2015

Deb Curlis of Community Health Professionals will continue as president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce in 2015.

The chamber held election of officers and board members on Wednesday. Those elected included:

• Deb Curlis, president
• David Dellifield, vice president
• Corsi Arn, secretary

Board of directors whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2015
• Linda Armstrong
• Darla Crownhart

Board of directors whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2017
• Jill Simmons
• Jamie Hall
• Annetta Shirk (member of the Hardin Chamber)

It certainly doesn’t feel like December

With temperatures in the 50, the weather this week may not put people in the Christmas spirit, but we’ll take it.

Here’s the daily weather high and low temperatures for the first 15 days of the month with snowfall (none) and precipitation (scan), provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The information is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Bird's-eye view of waste water plant construction

Have you had the chance to fly over Ada recently? 

Probobably not. So, the Icon presents three photos of Ada's waste water treatment plant currently under construction. The photos are from the village website.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

Ada's waste water treatment plant construction project is on East Lincoln.  The images here are aerial photos provided by the contractor.  

The construction part of the project started commence in 2014, but property acquisition is under way and designs are being created now. 

Hardin 4-H and Ada Tech Wizards put on a demonstration Thursday at ReStore

Hardin county 4-H will demonstrate its new 3-D printer with its 4-H afterschool program from 4 to 5 p.m.,Thursday, Dec. 18,  at ReStore Community Center, Ada.

This afterschool is called Ada Tech Wizards, involving fourth, fifth and sixth grade students, and is funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) office. 

The $20,000 grant helps local Hardin County youth learn about current technology through STEM-based afterschool programming. 

Ada chamber elects 2015 officers on Dec. 17

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Community Health Professionals conference room, according to Deb Curlis, chamber president.

The meeting will include election of officers for 2015 in addition to other items of chamber business.

Rolls and Coffee will be served.

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