Photo and story by Monty Siekerman
Mark Hilan arranges a creche on a mantle at a home that will be part of the Candy Cane Tour of Homes from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
He and his wife, Amy Eddings, live at 508 N. Main St. in one of the town's largest (3 floors and a full basement) and oldest homes. Many on the tour will be as curious to see the inside of the home as much as the holiday decorations.
Since living there the past year, Mark and Amy have spent considerable effort refurbishing the inside and outside of the stately home known for its late Victorian Queen Anne architecture.
Pat Crist, a Customer Service Representative in the Ada office at Liberty National Bank, recently announced her retirement.
Crist has been with Liberty National Bank for 18 ½ years.
"Pat will be greatly missed by her co-workers and many customers," said Heather Cox, Liberty National Bank director of marketing.
"She has always been very dependable and willing to help her fellow co-workers and always goes above and beyond to assist her customers and the community. Please stop by the Liberty National Bank Ada office on Friday, Dec. 11 to wish Pat the very best on her retirement!"
The Ada Icon is fascinated by trains, as most viewers know. On Dec. 2 two Icon photographers captured this freight coming east from Lima.
Our photo essay includes still photos of the advancing and then passing freight.
In addition, we took a video of the train, which was pulling oil cars - we lost track of the number - in a fast freight through Ada.
The former mainline Pennsylvania Railroad through Ada is one a single-track Indiana and Ohio Railway, which is part of the Genese & Wyoming short line system.
