December 2013

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The Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) elected six trustees for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1., and adopted a 2014 budget during its December meeting held Wednesday at McIntosh Center.

Trustees elected to a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2015, are Deb Curlis, Crystal Huffer, Bryan Marshall, James Meyer, David Retterer and Fred Steiner.

They join current trustees whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2014: Beth Fenton, Dick Lawrence, Angela Polachek, Norm Rex, Don Traxler and Jimmy Wilson.

Officers will be elected at the Jan. 15 board meeting.

The 2014 budget, approved on Wednesday, has projected revenue of $1,337 and projected expenses at $858.

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The Ada Public Library would like to thank those individuals who put in bids for our 2nd Annual Silent Auction items, helping the Library raise over $900, which will go towards free programs for all ages in 2014!

We'd also like to say thank you and recognize those businesses and individuals who so kindly donated items for our auction.

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Ohio Northern University senior Bridget Davis, an electrical engineering major from Newark, Ohio, has been awarded the John W. Estey Outstanding Power and Energy (PES) Scholar Award. The scholarship is from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) PES Society Scholarship Plus Initiative.

Davis was only one of seven individuals to receive the scholarship. In its letter to ONU, the IEEE Power & Energy Society described Davis as a “high-achieving undergraduate student in an electrical engineering program who is committed to exploring the power and energy engineering field through both coursework and career experiences.”

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By: Andrew Korba

Senior Branden Rushton scored a game-high 20 points and freshman Alex Radkiewicz added a career-high 12 points to lead the Ohio Northern men's basketball team to a 82-57 win over Muskingum on Saturday evening at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears are now 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in OAC play, while the Fighting Muskies fall to 3-3, 0-3.

The scored was knotted at 35-35 at halftime, but ONU outscored Muskingum 47-22 in the second half.

Rushton finished 9-of-14 from the field, while Radkiewicz was a perfect 6-of-6 in shooting and also pulled down a career best seven rebounds.

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Growers, who want to experience grain marketing using real-world strategies without any of the

real-world risks, can take advantage of a series of courses taught by Dr. Matt Roberts from Ohio

State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Participants will learn how to use futures and options; make a marketing plan to fit their

farm business; use crop insurance as a grain marketing tool; and how to understand financial

statement analysis in relationship to their grain marketing plan.

The courses, to be offered Jan. 7 and 21; Feb.4 and 18; and March 4, will be taught online and

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Odie Mullins, 84, died on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 at 7:44 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

She was born on Feb. 25, 1929, in Magoffin County, Ky., to Elijah and Millie (Shepherd) Joseph, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 9, 1949, she married Sam Mullins and he died June 17, 2007.

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The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance announced the winner of the Buy Local First Holiday Contest, which ran from Nov. 9 - Dec. 12.

The Alliance partnered with the Buy Ada First Committee and 45 local businesses on the event. There were over $1,200 in prizes given away thanks to the participating businesses.

The Buy Local First Holiday Contest was a way to educate the community on the benefits of buying local and to encourage shoppers to buy local this holiday season.

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When it rains it pours and when it snows it really snows.

Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer, reports that the snowfall of Saturday, Dec. 14, was 6.3 inches.

Add one-half inch of snow on the 13th and 1.7 inches on the 16th and suddenly we’ve accumulated 8.5 inches – not counting snowfall on Dec. 17.

To add to the wintry conditions, the low temperature of the month reached minus 2 on Dec. 12.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for the daily December weather summary.

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Michael Harnishfeger, Ada Police Chief, provided the Icon with the Ada police log Dec. 9 to Dec. 15.

December 9
•Two Males Arrested for Wanted Persons, Report taken foe Wanted Persons and Overdose
• Handled Abuse Complaint, Summons issued for Domestic Violence, Report taken for Family Matter
• Handled Theft Complaint on N Main St, Report taken for Theft from Mailbox
• Handled Threats and Vandalism Complaint on Northern View Dr

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Winter weather is playing havoc with lots of last-week-of-school programs. One of those events put on hold is the Ada School Geography Bee.

According to Suzanne Hardesty, gifted coordinator/intervention specialist for Ada Schools, the Bee was planned for Dec. 17, but, it was postponed.

Hardesty said, "The National Geographic Society sponsors this bee. Ada's winner takes a timed paper-pencil test and the winners of that test continue to the Ohio Geography Bee. 

Medals go to the first, second, and third place studnets and are sponsored by Ada Academic Boosters. 

The grade-level champions and alternates who have qualified for the event follow:

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