December 2017

The Ada Postoffice window will be open its regular hours this week: 9-4:30 Monday through Friday and 9-noon Saturday.

The mail will leave Ada for Lima at its regular time this week: a truck at 2:30 p.m. and one at 4:30 p.m., except on Saturday which is noon.

The postoffice will be closed on Monday, Christmas Day.

The United States Postal Service shares is recommended ship-by dates for Christmas delivery:

Tuesday, Dec. 19 - for first class mail
Wednesday, Dec. 20 - for Priority Mail
Friday, Dec. 22 - for Priority Mail Express

We know it's a school drama during the 1998-99 school year, but we don't know the name of the performance. We hope Icon viewers can help us. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE AND READ CAST NAMES.

BUC TR - we take it to mean Buckeye Truck - is truly one-of-a-kind. To prove this, we encourge you to check out the photo below, which shows a photo of the truck. The Icon spotted it in the First National Bank parking lot, Bluffton.

Meet Bruno. Bruno is a 1 year old male rottweiler mix. He weighs 71 pounds. Can you give Bruno his forever home?

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.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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Ada 1932:

June 1932 the transfer of the Ada Public Library from the Ada Federated Clubs to the new district library boards was in effect. Mrs. George Stambaugh was elected chairman of the new seven-member board.

July 1932 reconstruction of the elevator of the Ada Farmers Exchange was started. It had been destroyed by fire.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Visiting Perry outscored Ada 36-15 over the middle periods en route to a 69-43 non-league win over the Bulldog boys basketball team Saturday night.  

The Bulldogs fell to 2-3 with the defeat, while the Commodores evened their record at 3-3 with the victory.

Ada led 17-16 after a first period that saw seven lead changes as junior post Connor Frazier scored 10 points. But Perry netted the last 11 points of the half and held the Bulldogs to just four second period points to build a 33-21 intermission margin.

The Commodores then put together spurts of 9-0 and 15-0 in the second half to win going away.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Host Ada ran out to a big lead and held on to defeat local rival Allen East 40-32 Friday during their annual grudge match in the Northwest Conference boys basketball opener Friday night.  

 

The Bulldogs improved to 2-2 and begin 1-0 in NWC play with the win, while the Mustangs fell to 2-2 and 0-1 in league action after the defeat.

 

Ada raced to a 12-2 advantage and led 15-5 after one period on the strength of a trio of three-pointers by junior guard Cade Mullins. Young and scrappy AE stayed within striking distance, but never got closer than five points the rest of the way.

 

All within a matter of hours

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
About 20 houses were built in Ada on Friday evening, all within a matter of hours.

That's enough to fill a subdivision. The houses, all one-story, were made by kids...gingerbread houses.

If you are looking to entertain kids with something creative, and gooey, then building gingerbread houses fits the bill.

The project was sponsored by the Ada Public Library, but held at the United Methodist Church across the street because the library itself is undergoing an addition and renovation, but not of gingerbread. 

She saw a need with over populated animal shelters and many stray cats and dogs

By Monty Siekerman
Melanie Butterfield, an Ambassador Level Girl Scout from Troop 20301 in  Alger, has received the Gold Award, which is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Only 5% of Girl Scouts earn this award.

In order to achieve this goal Melanie had to first find a project that she was passionate about. She chose to organize a workshop for the public on Responsible Pet Ownership.

She investigated the topic thoroughly, then built a team. Her team was consisted of 2 speakers and 16 volunteers from her Girl Scout troop, her Venture Crew 601, and youth from Auglaize Bible Church. The total hours of the project were over 160 hours.

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