December 2015

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The Icon offers viewers a modern version of a familiar story.

In the seventh year in the reign of Obama, legislation passed that all U.S. citizens be counted in the county where their ancestors had settled. This unusual census was when Kasich was governor of Ohio and Jordan was fourth district representative.

Jose from Lebanon, Ohio, with his young housekeeper, Maria, who was nine-month’s pregnant with someone else’s child, and who Jose had intended to marry, drove to Ada in Jose’s 1996 Mercury Cougar. This was because Jose was a great-great-great-grandson of Dr. H.S. Lehr, Ada pioneer and founder of Ohio Northern University.

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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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If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Ada this year, better dream on.

However, if you’d like to recall what a white Christmas in Ada resembles, these two Karen Ward photos may help get you into the Christmas spirit.

After taking a look at our feature photo above – it shows Ada on the first day Christmas, taken by Ken Collins – you can compare a green Christmas with a white one.

The white Christmas photo with this feature is taken near the exact spot of the green Christmas photo above. The only different is the white photo looks north; the green photo looks south.

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It wasn’t a good growing season for farmers with floods in late spring and a dry spell in late summer. And, crop prices were down.

TOWNSHIP RAINFALL CHART IS ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.


Liberty Township, the area surrounding Ada, had the most rain of any township in the county with 30.38 total inches. The county average was 24.7 inches.


Here's a rainfall report for the growing season, plus some comments on this year's corn harvest, from Mark Badertscher, agriculture and natural resources extension educator:

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You can almost smell the pine scent. Ken Collins took this reflective photo of an ornament on a Christmas tree. This photo could be from almost any Ada home.

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Dolores A. Howard, 81, died on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at 8:42 p.m. at Cridersville Healthcare Center, Cridersville.

She was born on Jan. 14, 1934, in LaFayette, Ohio to John and Audrey (Kollars) Hattery, Sr. who preceded her in death. Dolores married Dayton Howard on June 5, 1960, and he survives in Cridersville.

Dolores was a homemaker. She attended the Lima Baptist Temple.

Also surviving are three brothers: John (Joyce) Hatter, Jr. of Bluffton, Mike (Shari) Hattery of Cridersville and Larry (Beverly) Hattery of Utica; and a sister, Mariam (Bill) Sayre of Kenna, W.V.

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Jim Boedicker, local guitarist and vocalist, performs at Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta on Saturday night. He is on the restaurant's entertainment schedule on a regular basis.

He will next perform at Viva Maria's from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. Jim has been playing the guitar for 50 years. He and Mike Wright teamed together to entertain many times in Ada and the surrounding area. Gospel is their forte.

Viva diners enjoy his mellow voice and soft strumming of familiar songs while they dine. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Scattered damaging wind gusts of 50-60 mph 
An AEP Weather Alert: Unseasonably warm, moist air will arrive in AEP’s East Utilities today ahead of an advancing cold front.

This will most likely result in a broken line of strong-severe thunderstorms crossing the utilities this evening into tonight. The winds aloft will be exceptionally strong…making it probable that some of the thunderstorms will mix down damaging wind gusts.

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By Monty Siekerman
When you move from the hustle and bustle of New York City to living in small town Ada, that's a story.

And Amy Eddings, who did just that with her husband, Mark Hilan, described the adventure of their move in the December issue of "Guideposts" magazine.
"Guideposts" has a readership of 5 million.

"The magazine connects with readers through true stories of hope, inspiration, and personal triumph.

The 5-page article tells why they moved from The Big Apple to 508 N. Main. In the story, the home is described as "gorgeous pistachio-colored century-old Queen Anne Victorian."

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They make movies out of plots lke this.

Hardin County Sheriff and Ada native Keith Everhart is one happy guy this Christmas season.

On the sheriff’s office Facebook page is a story about an anonymous donor who gave more than $3,000 to the sheriff’s office.

The purpose: To distribute cash in $100 bills to persons in the community who were deserving and in need of financial help for the holidays.

And so, sheriff deputies went to work. After meeting with his staff, deputies compiled a list persons who deserved some of the cash.

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