January 2019

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Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County OSU Extension office announced this year’s Hardin County livestock organization banquets: 

Dairy banquet and horse banquet, Saturday, Feb. 23. The dairy banquet is at the Plaza Inn Restaurant, Mt. Victory, at noon.  The horse banquet is at the Kenton Moose Lodge at 6:30 p.m.

Lamb banquet, Saturday, March 2, at St. John’s Evangelical Church, Kenton, at 6:30 p.m.

Pork banquet, Saturday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s Evangelical Church, Kenton.  

Poultry banquet, Saturday, March 16, at Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Kenton. 

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A new year craft and vendor show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Ada Depot, 112 Central Ave.

Vendors include:

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Here is a photograph of students in the Red county school, rural Ada, in 1905. It's a reprint from a newspaper clipping from the collection of Leland Crouse.

Your find several family Ada family names including at least six Tressels.

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What color is this car? Green, of course. This Chevy Astro was spotted in the ONU Sports Center parking lot last fall, coincidentally on a day with thunderstorms.

Next event is this weekend

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Here’s the February line-up of performances at The Freed Center at Ohio Northern University.

Choreographers’ Showcase spring dance performance
Biggs Theatre
Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2 p.m.

ONU students and faculty present the showcase, which offers a broad range of dance styles.

Tickets are: $20 for adults; $10 for seniors; $5 for students

13th International Play Festival: India
Stambaugh Studio Theatre
Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m.

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By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The Ada varsity wrestling team competed at the two-day, Sally George Invitational meet hosted by Marion Pleasant Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 20th out of 21 teams with 10 points. London won the team title with 195 points, followed in second by Liberty Center with 150 points.
Ada sophomore Colton Biederman finished 1-2 in the 113 lb. division, as did Bulldog junior Reece Evans at 160 lbs.

Ada individual results:

Colton Beiderman (113)
Lost    Cameron Henneman (LC)    Fall 1:01
Won    Keith Harber (KE)    Fall :23
Lost    Tarren Riffle (NU)    Fall :43

Frazier led Ada with 17 points and 8 rebounds

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Kenton ended a tight game on a 9-2 run to edge feisty Ada 58-52 in a hard-fought Hardin County boys' basketball battle Saturday night.

Kenton senior Jaron Sharp converted 15 of 17 free throws, including five of six in the final minute, en route to a game-high 28 points. The Wildcats outscored Ada 22 to six from the foul line to provide the difference.

The purple and gold fell to 2-13 with the tough-luck defeat, while the Wildcats improved to 10-4 with the non-conference victory.

Free training session Wednesday afternoon

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The Ada Public Library wants you to learn what "Lynda" can do for you.

Lynda, a.k.a, Lynda.com, offered more than 12,000 expert-led courses designed for any skill level.

A free training session takes place at the library at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30. All you need is an Ada Public Library card to take the training. A visit to Lynda.com website reveals countless courses available in design, software development, photography, web development and business, as examples.

Lynda.com is an online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

Matt Gossman will serve as vice-president

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Dr. Amy Mullins was elected board president and Matt Gossman board vice president at the 2019 Ada school board reorganization meeting held Jan. 10.

The following board members represent the school district on board committees:
• Troy Erickson and Ron Fleming – policy committee
• Amy Mullins – student achievement liaison to the Ohio School Boards Association
• Ron Fleming – tax abatement committee
• Ernie Daughtery – scholarship committee
• Troy Erickson and Amy Mullins – audit committee
• Ron Fleming and Matt Gossman – building and grounds committee

Promote your next fundraiser six different ways on the Icon

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Attention church groups, service clubs, school groups and community organizations.

The Icon has a special $30 promotion plan for groups on a small budget that wish to promote events open to the public.

The $30 plan provides the group with the following:
• Banner ad on the top of the Classified page
• Classified ad post
• Facebook post
• Story announcing the event
• Listing on our calendar
• And, we’ll post your event flyer as a display ad

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