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Three community groups receive Junior Civic League donations

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

The Ada Junior Civic League donated a total of $1,500 divided equally among three community organizations recently, according to Linda Staley.

The league members donated $500 to the Ada Public Library, $500 to the Ada Food Pantry, and $500 to the Red Cross.

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• Amanda Bennett of the Ada Public Library with Ada Junior Civic League President Linda Ferguson and Sherry Evans, Special Projects Chair.   

• Jack Duffy of the Food Pantry with Linda Ferguson and Sherry Evans.

• Sandra Neely of the Red Cross with  President Linda Ferguson and Sherry Evans.

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Alphabet soup

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

There's some alphabet work going on in Ready, Set, Grow Preschool in Ada. The Icon took this photo of one of the students ready to write "J."

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Margaret Corbet was retired from Harrod Elementary cafeteria

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Margaret J. Corbet, 94, died on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 12:58 a.m. at Otterbein-Cridersville in Cridersville, Ohio.

She was born on Dec. 31, 1921, in Utica, Michigan, to George and Ada (Waldron) Wennesheimer who preceded her in death. On Nov. 7, 1942 she married Gordon R. Donnelly and he died on May 14, 1945. She later married Harry F. “Fred” Corbet on Aug. 14, 1947 and he died on January 23, 2002. 

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Red Cross babysitter's training course in Ada June 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Want to be a babysitter?

The American Red Cross can help. The Red Cross will hold a babysitter's training from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 2, in the Ada Presbyterian Church, accoding to June Zimmerman.

The course is recommended for youth ages 11 to 15. The instructor is a currently authorized American Red Cross Babysitter Training Instructor.

Zimmerman said, "The purpose is to provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for children and infants."

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1.47 inches of rain in Liberty Township from April 15-30

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

For the time period of April 15-30, Hardin County Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.46 inches of rain in Hardin County. 

Phil Epley of Liberty Township reported 1.47 inches of rainfall during this period.

Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 1.06 inches.  Rainfall for the April 15-30 time period is 0.55 inches less than the 10-year average rainfall during the same dates.

Cessna Township received 2.40 inches for the April 15-30 time period, the most of any of the township sites. 

Buck Township received 0.66 inches for the April 15-30 time period, the least of any of the township sites. 

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Eloise Schick was a 1939 LaFayette-Jackson HS grad

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

L. Eloise Schick, 94, died May 10, 2016, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  She was born Jan. 2, 1922 in Allen County, Ohio to the late Chancey J. and Lulu (Doty) Spallinger.

Eloise graduated from LaFayette-Jackson High School in 1939.  On June 17, 1941, she married Harold P. Schick.  They celebrated over 64 years of marriage before his death on May 6, 2006.

Eloise was a hard working housewife who lived the farm life until moving into Bluffton in the early 1990s. 

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