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Meet Libbie Milks, 2016 Festival queen

Ashley Breidenbach, first runner-up
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Libble Milks reigned as the  2016 Ada Harvest and Herb Festival queen. She was announced the winner of the queen contest at noon on Saturday. Presenting her 2016 crown was last year's queen, Sidney Faine, now a freshman at Defiance College. Faine was recently named to the Defiance College homecoming court.

Ashley Breidenbach was first runner-up.

New to this year's contest was a prize for the best essay written by queen candidates. Milks also won that contest.

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Faces in the crowd

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

No matter which way you looked, Main Street Ada was packed with people during Saturday's 31st annual Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Festival. This view looks north from the railroad. The photo below looks south from the same location.

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Hat tricks - photo essay

Taken at the Harvest, Herb and Hat Festival in Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
We express our personalities in the clothing we wear, including headgear.

Here's a series of photos taken at the Harvest and Herb Fest on Saturday in downtown Ada.

We encourage Icon viewers to open the hat
attachment at the bottom of this story.

You'll find funny stuff, team caps (always popular nowadays), cowboy hats, straw hats, hoods, a flag in the hair, military and band hats, and more...know any of these people? Check out the pooch, too, sporting an OSU cap.

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This driver is Heaven-bound

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Welcome to "Poetic License." The Icon features a variety of license plates in this column. This plate was photographed on Bluffton's Main Street.

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Once upon a time in Ada: A note from the post office in 1911

...and don't forget to put the 2 cent stamp on the letter
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

Here's an important notice from the Ada Post Office from January, 1911:

Patrons of the post office will please observe that the office will not be open on Sunday afternoons hereafter.

Those served by carrier can call for their mail on Sunday morning at the time the office is open by going to the city carriers’ windows and asking them for the mail as they are on duty there and then, the same as the other department of the office. 

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Icon's dog of the week - awaiting your arrival!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 19, 2016

Here's a pooch waiting for you to adopt it. Looks like a great lap dog.

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.

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