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The Ada Senior Citizens will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Community Health Professionals to play cards and other games after a short business meeting.

The group plans a luncheon at Table One In Kenton on April 12.

Ada area senior citizens age 55 and over are invited to join the group for $10 annually. The organization meets twice monthly

Designation was earned through teamwork

The trauma center at Blanchard Valley Hospital has been verified as a Level III Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). 

This achievement recognizes the trauma center's dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients. The BVH Trauma Center is under the medical direction of Doug Yoder, MD.

Ken Collins took these two photos that proves there might be a canine Uber driver in Ada. Lilcensed, apparently.

 

(Dave Devier, Ph.D., attended ONU and lived in and around the community for 45 years. He taught at Northern for 15 years. Currently, he is President of Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Mich. While in the Ada area, he and his wife Patty collected Ada/ONU memorabilia. He will write an occasional column for the Ada Icon describing some of their "finds" that pertain to the town and gown.)

By David H. Devier

Goes well with coffee and the NY Times Sunday Book Review section

Looking for something different, carrot custard pie jumped out of the book of pie recipes and stared me in the face.

I was too curious to turn the page. So, knowing there was a very large carrot in the ‘frig, I sort of followed the recipe, and am happy to present the Icon Carrot Pie.

Here’s what you need:

Think about recording them

By Monty Siekerman
Paul Logsdon (left) and Jimmy Wilson discussed digital history Friday at the business college.

About 50 students from Lima Senior High School learned the importance of recording history.

Paul served as director of Heterick Library for many years and now is archivist for ONU. He has helped with town and gown histories over the years.

Jimmy, a business prof, has instructed classes in how to research history and present and maintain the information for future generations.

He said memories, experiences, and impressions have value and should be recorded.

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