A Christmas season visitor to the Ada Public Library bids farewell to patrons until next December. Twinkle, one of Santa's elves, spent the month in the library.
Each day Twinkle found a new location to watch patrons. And now Twinkle is ready to head back to the North Pole. He made the staff brunch for his last trick.
Accoding to the library staff: "It was so nice to have him around the library; watching and listening for all the good boys and girls. Thanks to you, we made the nice list!"
It's obvous that Santa Claus visited Ada on Christmas Eve. He left some of his hats on Lima Avenue fire hydrants. Who put them there? Who knows! Thanks to Connie Fleming for sending the Icon this photo.
For advocates of rail transportation, one of the most enjoyable developments is to see a railroad line come back to life.
That’s been happening recently to the 270-mile Fort Wayne Line between Tolleston (Gary), Ind., and Crestline, Ohio, via Ft. Wayne, Lima - AND ADA - and Bucyrus. This was one of America’s premier passenger rail lines, linking Chicago and East Coast.
The after-hour security cameras at the Ohio Northern University radio station caught Santa in the act. Actually this is a photo from the WONB Facebook page.
My family celebrated an extra special Christmas in 2001: We welcomed my cousin Madison to the world that day. I was 9 years old.
I remember very clearly just how excited I was, and then the disappointment when I wasn’t allowed to hold her in the hospital. My uncle did let me burp her, though.
Madison is now an Ada seventh grader, a participant in soccer, volleyball, and winter guard, and will celebrate her 13th Christmas birthday this year.
She shared some insight with me as to what it’s like to have a birthday fall on Christmas:
The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance announced the winners of the Buy Local First Holiday Contest, which ran from Nov. 24 - Dec. 18.
The Alliance partnered with the Buy Ada First Committee and 32 local businesses on the event. There were over $1,600 in prizes given away thanks to the participating businesses.
The 25 Days of Christmas Buy Local Contest was a way to educate the community on the benefits of buying local and to encourage shoppers to buy local this holiday season.
The $500 Grand Prize winner was Jill Reiter, the $200 winner was Holly Ulrich, and the $100 winner was Craig Crouse.
