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10 a.m. to noon for 40 and older

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The Kenton Hardin Health Department will hold a drive-thru clinic at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to noon.

This vaccine will be Johnson & Johnson vaccine and will be a first come first serve for those that are eligible. The current eligibility as of March 19 is: 40+ years of age.

Ohioans with cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, and obesity and any other prior authorized health condition will be eligible for this clinic.

And, you get two chances to watch from your own home

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Choir and band members listed below -
Two chances to watch.

Ada High School award-winning Varsity Singers present its 2020-21 show twice on Saturday, March 27, according to Scott Henning.

The performance is the Singers' home concert prior to its final show at Medina High School on Saturday, April 10.

And, yes, you may watch from your home. Performances are at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. To watch the live feed click here: http://app.wosn.tv/ 

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Ada High School's Interclass competition was livestreamed on Friday. Here's Luci Wall, presenting her essay "Does Capitalism negatively influence our mental health?" She won first place in the essay competition. Other winners were Rebekah Walkeer, poetry; Amelia Alexander, short story; and Dexter Woods, dramatic reading. The overall class winner were this year's seniors.

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So, you think you know Ada? Okay, you have an idea of what you are looking at. The question is: Where is this? Answer tomorrow.

Russ Crawford's ONU Oral History class wants to hear your story

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What do you remember from the big ice storm of 2005?

Russ Crawford, professor of history at Ohio Northern University, wants to hear your story.

He invites Icon viewers with particular stories about the storm to contact him. 

His Oral History class is currently conducting interviews with local residents about the storm.

“I look forward to anyone interested to get in touch with me, and I will assign one of my students to do the interview,” he said.

Contact Crawford at: [email protected].

A spine-tingling plot that keeps you turning pages to the very end of the story

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Reviewed by Robert McCool
Dean Koontz devotes his latest to a remarkable boy/dog combination.

I never cared much for Dean Koontz as a horror book writer. I have found him to be tepidly spiritual, a weak Stephen King wannabe. But this latest, Devoted (ISBN 13: 978-1-4328-7662-3), grabbed me when I was looking for a quick read.

Kipp is a dog with a genetically modified human smart brain, lacking only thumbs and vocal chords in order to write or talk to humans, he communicates with a gift of telepathy to other dogs of his kind,in an organization called “the Mysterium”.

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