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Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta has added another evening of live music with Gene Parker and Friends Open Jazz Sessions.

The sessions will be on Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. Plan to join them on stage, if you wish...or at least sit back and listen while you dine.

The popular restaurant (seats 120 people, folks were waiting for tables at 7 p.m. on Saturday) has live music for diners from 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Compiled by Darlene Bowers
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.”

Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well.

Today we meet Jeff Hunt, mathematics instructor. As you get to know Jeff from his responses below, ponder the solution to this thought from James Caballero, American mathematician: “I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear the sound of closing doors.” 

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By Monty Siekerman

Did you know?

• Wilson Sporting Goods has been a unit of Amer Sports of Finland since 1989. Amer Sports makes sports equipment, footwear and apparel.

• The Wilson brand is headquartered in Chicago.

• Wilson is the world's leading manufacturer of ball sports equipment, employing over 1,600 people globally.

• The company's core sports are American football, Canadian football, tennis, baseball, golf, basketball, softball, badminton and squash.

• The company also produces equipment for racquetball and soccer.

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It's Leap Year!

The Ada Icon seeks viewers in the Ada school district or Ohio Northern University students, faculty or staff, who celebrate a Feb. 29 birthday.

Please contact the Icon at [email protected].

We want to interview you and see how you celebrate a once-every-four-year birthday.

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National media become "Ada friendly" during Super Bowl frenzy week. As an example, Fox News featured "how footballs are made in a recent video."

The Icon created screen shots of several of the Wilson employees featured in this video. Those photos are below this story.

Unfortunately, the video does not mention Ada, Ohio.

(Request to Icon viewers: If you are aware of other national news outlets featuring Ada, send us the link. We'll post it.)

Here's the Fox story link:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4741503317001/how-super-bowl-footballs-are-made/

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Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, Bluffton, is accepting applications for the Barbara Fleming Memorial Nursing Scholarship. 

The scholarship is meant to promote the career of nursing and the scholarship money may be used toward a degree as a licensed practical nurse, a degree as a registered nurse, or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. 

The scholarship is to be used to pay school related expenses toward any of these degrees.

The scholarship offers a minimum award of $500, and will be paid directly to the vocational school or college where the student is enrolled.

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