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Ada Ohio Properties Ltd. cuts ribbon on first project - and it's now under contract

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 13, 2014

Earlier this week members of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated new member Ada Ohio Properties Ltd., a local family-owned real estate development company, with a ribbon cutting ceremony onsite at a recently completed rehab project located at 532 Grand Ave. across from Ada Schools.

Those in attendance toured the newly renovated single-family home, which had been in foreclosure and vacant for nearly a year, becoming an eyesore in the neighborhood, prior to Ada Ohio Properties’ acquiring it in November 2013.

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Identify this photo and you get an "A" for the day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 12, 2014

Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest.

Each week in June and ending in the first week of July, The Icon will post two photos revealing one letter (or number) taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.

We invite Icon viewers to keep track of the letters by identifying each letter’s location. An entry form is attached to this story for viewers to keep up to date in the contest.

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Music on Main returns Friday evening - downtown

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Music on Main is back!

The Buy Ada First Committee invites the community downtown on Friday night at the Ada railroad depot park. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m.

Here’s the schedule:
• Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant or buy pre-sale tickets to Ada Rotary’s chicken barbecue fundraiser at Hays Insurance.
• Visit local businesses and listen and dance to music at the depot parking lot
• Take in the fun car display and the hula hoop contest
• Music is provided by WONB 94.9 FM – hits for the ‘50s and ‘60s
• Bring your lawn chair and spend time with your friends and neighbors

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Midwest Youth Team Tennis returns to Ada this summer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Midwest Youth Team Tennis returns to Ada this summer, according to Scott Wills.

A REGISTRATION FORM IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

The registration deadline is Wednesday, June 25. The league season begins July 16 and ends July 28. Matches and practice is at the Ohio Northern University’s tennis courts and/or the Ada Park.

Practice and matches take place July 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 and 27. Times per age division follow:
Ages 4-6 – 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Ages 7-10 – 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Ages 11 and up – 7:30-8:30 p.m.

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68 days and counting - here's next year's elementary school list

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 10, 2014

It's never too early to think about the 2014-15 school year. To get parents and pupils thinking about next school year, the Icon offers you next year's elementary school supply list.

The school asks parents to plan on purchasing these supplies over the summer so that their children can bring them to school on the first day in August or during the annual open house from 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 14.

School starts on Monday, Aug. 18.- 68 days from today!

Open the two attachment at the bottom of this story to read the printer-friendly elementary supply lists.

 

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Weather summary: It feels like June

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Here’s the weather summary for the area provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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