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Liberty Township won the prize for having the most rainfall in Hardin County's townships during June.

Liberty also has had more rain this growing season than any other county township.

VIEW THE ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

According to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin Extension Office, rainfall reporters recorded an average of 10.99 inches of rain in Hardin County.  Last year, the average rainfall for June was 5.52 inches.  Rainfall for June was 6.79 inches more for the month than for the ten year average rainfall in the month of June. 

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A couple of high school students pose near a partially submerged golf Frisbee goal near the water retention basin at ONU. It will be a while before that game is played in spite of 24-hour pumping to lower the basin level because more storms were predicted for Sunday afternoon. Most of the campus remains high and dry even though huge amounts of rain have fallen over the past several weeks. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Ben Bowers is at it again. This time it's a multiple choice quiz.

He's provided another photo that every Icon viewer can identify - or should be able to identify.

This rather long and narrow art object is a window. No doubt, everyone reading this column has passed under it.

Where is it in Ada?

A - Somewhere on the ONU campus
B - Somewhere on the post office
C - Somewhere on an Ada side street

The answer is below.
 

 

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Providing entertainment at Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta in the near future are:

• Gene Parker and Friends, July 24.
• Jim Boedicker, July 25.
• Chris Buzzelli and Maria Fricano, July 31.

There is no cover charge for the vocal and/or instrumental music for the diners at the popular Italian restaurant located at the corner of East Buckeye and North Johnson.

See their ad in the Adaicon for summer hours and menu. (Monty Siekerman)

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Here's the Ada High School yearbook staff 45 yearbooks ago - the school year was 1969-70. Open the photo to view the names of the staff. Where are they today?

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

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Here's the recipe for the first-place pie in this year's Bluffton's Relay for Life pie baking contest held in mid-June.

Marj Rettig’s Chocolate Pecan Pie
1 unbaked 9-inch deep-dish pie pastry
1 ½ cups chopped pecans
1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup dark corn syrup
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup water
4 large eggs
¼ cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons cornmeal
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon table salt

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.  Place pastry into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate, folding edges under, and crimp.

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