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Take a look at Ada Icon's 2013 photos of the year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, December 28, 2013

Icon viewers:

2013 was a great year to take photos in Ada! Lots of events took place.

PLEASE OPEN OUR PHOTO GALLERY ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Over the past 12 months The Icon has recorded many activities in Ada. We've taken over 350 photos, showing life in our small town. As a look-back, we selected some of our favorite photos of the year.

Where do you start when you have over 350 photos to chose from? We've narrowed down our selection to one for each month - it was a tough project.

Please enjoy our New Year's gift to you, as we offer one photo from each month from 2103, plus a bonus photo.

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Don't take the tree down yet!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas might be over but that doesn't mean that you have to take the tree down, just yet. Here's Santa's empty sleigh on the Christmas tree at The Freed Center on the ONU campus.

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New tax guides available to assist with 2013 taxes

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 26, 2013

Taxpayers can get the most out of various tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2013 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov.

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Here's my pre-teen memories of Christmas; what are your's?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 24, 2013

No question about it.

My memories of the best Christmas ever come in a package wrapped from stores located in the Lima public square.

I know. It's sounds impossible to viewers born after Neil A. walked on the moon; but it's true.

There was nothing...nothing like going to Lima and shopping downtown for Christmas.
Picture this: Somewhere on South Main, Lima, there was Porter's Music Store. You could actually select a 33 1/3 rpm album, enter a listening booth and listen to the album in privacy. That way you'd know if you wanted to buy it or pass.

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ONU player helps USA team to victory over Mexico in 2013 Tazon de Estrellas

Posted by Eli Garmon on Monday, December 23, 2013

Ohio Northern senior Mike King  had a pair of tackles to help Team Stars & Stripes defeat Mexico 29-7 in the 2013 Tazon de Estrellas Saturday afternoon at Estadio Tecnological on the campus ot Tec de Monterrey.

"This was a wonderful week," King said. "Just a terrific experience. Some of the ONU players that had been in this game before told me that it would be worth it and they were right. I will remember this week for the rest of my life.

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ONU's Pi Sigma Alpha earns grant from the national organization

Posted by Eli Garmon on Monday, December 23, 2013

ONU’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, has received a grant of $900 from the national organization to fund a speaker series.

The grant, written by John Curiel, a senior political science major from Waukegan, Ill., and Daniella Chambers, a senior international studies and political science major from Fremont, Ohio, will be spent on establishing an alumni speaker series for the spring semester to highlight the types of jobs one can get in the field of political science.

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