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Although the business climate in America has been cloudy, almost stormy, since the millennium, business in Ada shown bright in 2015.

Deb Curlis, president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, reports these major advances during the past year:

* Construction began on the $6 million Vancrest Nursing Home on SR 81.

* St. Rita's broke ground for a $1 million health facility near the nursing home.

*Not technically a business, but another major construction project underway in the Village is the $16 million water treatment plant.

All three of these sizeable projects will be completed in 2016.

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Start starts on Monday, Jan. 4. What's for lunch in Ada schools in January? 
• Click here for the January menu

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Construction of Vancrest Nursing Home, located near the school, is moving along, especially with good fall and early winter weather.

The exterior is 90 percent complete, the first layer of asphalt is down, and work is now concentrated on the inside: heating, electrical, plumbing, dry wall, and painting. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Christmas is over...and then the rains came.

Ken Collins, Icon's roving photographer, took these photos of Ada on the afternoon of Dec. 28, as the rains came.

Views include 
• a flooded field just east of Ada 
• scene east of Ada
• Grass Run
• flooded North Simon Street,.

 

 

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NOTE to Ada Icon viewers: Bluffton and Ada Icons, internet sites in the same family, offer a post-Christmas switch.

The Ada Icon's "Ada's Christmas Scenes of 2015," is now also featured on the Bluffton Icon home page in the interest of Bluffton viewser.

Likewise, Bluffton Icon's "2015 Bluffton Christmas Lights Winners," is featured on Ada Icon. Please enjoy views of Bluffton at Christmas, while Bluffton viewers enjoy views of Ada at Christmas.

BLUFFTON CHRISTMAS PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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We’ve collected holiday photos from the Icon and from two Ada Facebooks.

We put the photos in a box, wrapped them in decorated paper, tied a ribbon around the box and placed the box under your tree.

Our photos are from Ken Collins, Monty Siekerman, Fred Steiner and from the Ada school Facebook and Ohio Nothern University Theatre Department Facebook.

We hope you enjoyed these holidays scenes of Ada.

Merry Christmas from the Ada Icon!

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