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After a one-year cancellation, many activities return this month

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Ada Icon's July Hometown Happening 
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It’s not Ada’s typical July.

Last year’s covid moved Ada to a screeching halt. This is a new year and traditional summer events have returned.

July begins on Friday with two major activities, unrelated, but both carrying Fourth of July weekend themes.

Ohio Northern University will hold its Lima Symphony Orchestra patriotic pops concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 2, on the university sculpture mall.

Not connected to the pops concert is a community fireworks display at dusk – announced to start at 9:45 p.m. – in the Ada park.

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Ada's next American Red Cross blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, July 19, at Community Health Professionals. 

Call Mark Hackworth at 419-604-8569 or visit www.RedCrossBlood.org and use the sponsor code AdaCommunity.

Hackworth said that there are several incentives to be an Ada blood donor. Those are explained on the attached flyer.

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Here's the Ada High School drama club during the 19780-71 school year. Names of members are under the photo.

Graduates of Ada, Kenton, USV, Hardin Northern, Ridgemont

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The following students who attended high school in Hardin County were named to the Dean’s List for spring semester 2021 at Ohio Northern University. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled full time.

Ada High School grads
Bryce Paul
Sydney Van Atta
Alexandra Waugh
Melina Woods
Victoria Wyss
Catherine Young
Isaac Spar
Katelyn Stuart
Cade Mullins
Kara Manning
Olivia Alexander
Zachary Beaschler
Thomas Chen
Kiser Colley
Jacob Colwell
Mara Guyton

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In a matter of minutes Ohio's weather can change from bright and sunny to dark and dismal and then back to bright and sunny. Ken Collins demonstrates this with photos taken on Sunday afternoon just outside Ada. The series goes from bright to dark and back to bright.

COVID-19 has been more deadly in 2021 so far then COVID-19 deaths in 2020

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By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Many may not realize that to date, COVID-19 has been more deadly in 2021 so far then COVID-19 deaths in 2020. 

Why? This is a global statistic and although vaccines have driven down the number of deaths in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, the worldwide burden of the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating.

Globally, 1.8 million died in 2020 while over 2 million have died in 2021. What is fueling this statistic? The lack of global availability of vaccines and the variant strains of the coronavirus are two of many issues.

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