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Four-generation Ford dealership supplied Ada residents with vehicles for over 100 years

It’s the end of an era, and Cathy Cole says, “We’ve had a good run.”

Cole Motor Sales, a four-generation-owned Ada family business will close on Sept. 20, according to Cole.

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Selling Fords, at 120 E. Buckeye, the company began assembling Model Ts in the 1910s that were shipped in parts to Ada on the railroad.

Ada became a “Ford” town and the large number of Ford vehicles in Ada today reflect the Cole Motor presence.

Ada Full Gospel Church, 1047 State Route 235, will host a 21st century revival with guest preacher Rod Vincent Sept. 8 to 10.

Services are:
• Sunday, Sept. 8, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service and at 5 p.m.
• Monday night, Sept. 9, service at 7 p.m.
• Tuesday night, Sept. 10, service at 7 p.m.

Evangelist Vincent has been preaching for 36 years in the USA and many foreign countries, appearing on many TV and radio programs.

For more information call the church office at 419-634-6132.

Ohio Northern junior Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 2.

Cranmer won Medalist honors for the seventh time in her career to lead the ONU women's golf team to the team title at the ONU Fall Invitational on Saturday at Colonial Golfers Club.

The 36-hole tournament was shortened to 18 holes after play was suspended midway through Sunday's second round due to heavy rains.

The following Ada police reports were provided to the Icon by the Hardin County Sheriff’s office. They cover Aug. 27- Sept. 3:

August 27
Medical emergency, Founders Hall, ONU
Traffic jam, Rite Aid, 610 S. Main St.
Investigation, Cole Motor Sales Inc., 120 E. Buckeye Ave.
Medical emergency, Ada Family Medicine, 604 W. North Ave.

August 28
Animal call, 510 E. Lehr Ave.
Traffic stop, N. Simon St.
Investigate complaint, 401 W. Lima Ave.

Reichert's, 111-113 S. Main St., Ada, has a complete stock of Hardin County school letter jackets, according to Fred Reichert.

"The jackets are Holloway wool and are 20 percent off," he said. "We can embroidery, sew letters and patched on jackets."

School jackets include:
• Ada
• Allen East
• Hardin Northern
• Kenton
• Ridgemont
• Riverdale
• Upper Scioto Valley

Reichert's phone is 419-634-2881.

The Ohio Northern University Department of English and Polaris Literary Magazine hosts an evening Dan Rzicznek, Ohio poet, on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The event is in the Wilson Art Center Elzay Gallery. A catered reception at 6:30 p.m. and followed by a question-answer session and poetry reading at 7 p.m.

Rzicznek’s collections of poetry are Settlers, (forthcoming from Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press), Divination Machine (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press) and Neck of the World (Utah State University Press), as well as four chapbooks, most recently Live Feeds (Epiphany Editions).

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