The Ada Icon needs viewers assistance. We have 2016 on our mind, and you can help.
We are compiling several 2016 lists.
• One is a list of Ada events for our on-going 2016 calendar. Event received will be listed on the Icon's monthly calendar and also in our bi-monthly Ada Highlights calendar. These events will also go on our news announcement list. Our list includes everything from chicken barbecues, recitals, open houses, and, you get the idea.
• We always look for good stories. For businesses, we'd appreciate knowing if you have a special anniversary taking place in 2016.
By Amy Eddings Though northwestern Ohio’s winters aren’t nearly as bitter as those at the North Pole, Ada’s resident Santa Claus has moved to Florida.
“I was making a Top Ten list of the things I won’t miss, and snow was No. 1, ice was No. 2 and wind was No. 3,” said Claus.
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Santa — who goes by Richard Gainey during the off-season — was driving to his and wife Becky’s new home near Jacksonville, Florida when the Ada Icon caught up with the jolly old elf.
Makenna Conaway fills a fruit basket as a volunteer for ReStore on Monday morning at the United Methodist Church. ReStore prepared and delivered 100 baskets on Monday. Click here for more photos and details about the event. (Monty Siekerman photo)
The youth and children of Ada First United Methodist Church presented their Christmas programming on Sunday. Ken Collins offers these photos of the program.
Ginger McConnell of Ada knows where to find seashells and knows what to do with them.
Although many Florida beaches are now nearly void of shells, she gathers many various kinds and colors of shells along the beach of Sanibel Island when visiting there a month every year.
Instead of putting the shells in a glass container for display, she makes wreaths which are for sale at Ruth Roider's Art Gallery on Main. She said that making a wreath of shells is like putting a puzzle together. (Monty Siekerman)
