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Second Make in Ada Wilson Football Festival plans underway for Feb. 3

It doesn’t matter who wins this year’s NFL Super Bowl.

Everyone wins at the party in Ada on Super Bowl Eve. It’s Saturday, Feb. 3. The party is the second annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

Meanwhile, Super Bowl LII takes place in U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ada’s Feb. 3 festival celebrates Ada’s Wilson Football Factory, sole supplier of footballs for the NFL, and Ada as the football-making Capital of the World.

Like last year, the event ends with a large football drop at midnight in the Ada railroad park.

Our story about John and Christina Dean and their 125 E. Lincoln Ave. house restoration story grabbed Icon viewer attention yesterday.

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Our Facebook post as of Thursday afternoon recorded 2,357 reaches, over 110 likes and shares and a dozen comments.

In that story we posted these three old photos that were discovered in the house.

Roger Young is the new fiscal officer for the Ada Public Library. Roger taught accounting at ONU from 1964-1999, so he is well-qualified for the part time library job. In addition, he has served as treasurer for many organizations in town during the past half century.

By Monty Siekerman
Fruit, candy, calendars, even candy canes in crochet stocking made by Jane Helser were all part of Christmas baskets prepared by the Ada Senior Citizens on Wednesday morning at Community Health Professionals.

Members of the group prepared about 40 baskets that they will deliver to home bound residents in the community.

Ada Senior Citizens will next meet at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at CHP for lunch and cards. New members are welcome to attend.

Planning is underway for the second annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival. It's on Super Bowl Eve, Feb. 3, 2018. Committee members from left, Mark Hilan, Sara Vordermark, Chris Burns-DiBiasio, David Dellifield, Wyn Hauenstein, David Retterer and Jack Jeffery.

John and Christina Dean working on restoration of this historic Ada home

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By Monty Siekerman
John and Christina Dean sit on the steps of their home, which is nicely decorated for the holidays.

But there is much more to this story - the home at 125 E. Lincoln Ave. has undergone refurbishing this summer, and the two-story structure is one of the oldest houses in town.

Plus, a business card from the original owner was found in the flooring while working on exterior cellar doors four years ago.

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