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Deb Curlis of Community Health Professionals reads the children's book "The Biggest Snowman Ever," to youth in the McGuffey Head Start program. The youth visited the CHP Festival of Trees last week.

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The Ada Kiwanis Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1974. Here is a photo of the members that year. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

Front row, from left, charter members Wilbur Vorhis and Barton Snyder.

Second row, from left, Eugene Hanson, Robert St. John, Dale Madison and Dr. E. “Roy” Rodabaugh.

Third row, from left, Harley Messick, Donald Herold, Wilbur Umphress, Robert Temple, Rev. Raymond Sharitts and Daryl Baker.

Fourth row, from left, Norman Fleming, Tom Coe, Albert Awad, Ivan Hodges;

Top row, from left,  Jorge Carro, Mark Shull, Norman Rex, William Ansley, George Hassell and Larry Busch.

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The Ada Music Boosters will provide free gift wrapping during "Merry on Main" on Monday, Dec. 2.

To have your presents wrapped, please bring them into the Ada Depot between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. that evening.

Additionally, the Ada High School Varisty Singers will be singing Christmas carols near the depot from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

"The Ada Music Boosters invite the public to visit the depot area during that time and enjoy the music while your gifts are being wrapped," said Cliff Maier, Booster president.
 

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Ohio Northern University student Nathan Rosenbaum, a junior mechanical engineering major from Orrville, Ohio, was named the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country Elite 89 Award winner Nov. 22 at Collier Arena.

Rosenbaum won the award as the male student-athlete with the highest GPA among competitors at the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country Championships. Rosenbaum, who is a three-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree and earned a bid to the NCAA championships with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich., finished 152nd overall at the national meet.

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A student at Ready, Set Grow Preschool in Ada gets ready for Thanksgiving as he created a turkey from his hand print.

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Over the weekend The Icon sat down with Santa Claus and discussed everything starting from Dec. 26 all the way to Dec. 25. The more we talked with him, the more we began to think he resembles a certain Ada resident. But we could never quite nail it down. Our chat took place while he visited youngsters of all ages in a town north of Ada. 

By the way, Santa has a facebook page and may be found on LinkedIn. Here's a small portion of our talk.

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