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The Icon offers viewers a modern version of a familiar story.

In the seventh year in the reign of Obama, legislation passed that all U.S. citizens be counted in the county where their ancestors had settled. This unusual census was when Kasich was governor of Ohio and Jordan was fourth district representative.

Jose from Lebanon, Ohio, with his young housekeeper, Maria, who was nine-month’s pregnant with someone else’s child, and who Jose had intended to marry, drove to Ada in Jose’s 1996 Mercury Cougar. This was because Jose was a great-great-great-grandson of Dr. H.S. Lehr, Ada pioneer and founder of Ohio Northern University.

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You won't need a sleigh for there will be no snow on Christmas Day.

Perhaps, you'll want to shop Reichert's in downtown Ada for swim trunks and an umbrella instead.

The Dec. 25 temp is predicted to be in the mid 50s with a good chance of rain. You can start dreaming now for a white Christmas in 2016.

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By Monty Siekerman
In the Ada Icon's continuing series of unusual sights in town, we offer this photo. Know what it is and where it is located?

It's a robot outside the front entrance to Taft Memorial where Technological Studies is taught. It is a sculpture, of sorts.

The robot, in place there for the past four years, is "frozen" so the parts no longer move...thus it has not walked away in that length of time.

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Put on your  math thinking caps.

The Icon invited Chris Leuthold, adjunct math instructor at Bluffton University, to provide The Icon with some math puzzles.  

We want to assist our viewers with ways to survive the long, dark winter nights. Chris rates the level of difficulty  in his quizzes from 1 to 4, with 4 being the toughest. 

He rates quiz 3 as a "3".

QUIZ NUMBER 3

Steve rode his bicycle at the rate of 15 mph for 4 hours. Then, he walked at the rate of 5 mph for 2 hours. What is Steve's average speed for the entire trip?

QUIZ NUMBER 2 from last week:

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The Ada Icon is fascinated by trains, as most viewers know. On Dec. 2 two Icon photographers captured this freight coming east from Lima. 

Our photo essay includes still photos of the advancing and then passing freight.

In addition, we took a video of the train, which was pulling oil cars - we lost track of the number - in a fast freight through Ada.

The former mainline Pennsylvania Railroad through Ada is one a single-track Indiana and Ohio Railway, which is part of the Genese & Wyoming short line system.

Enjoy the photos and video below.

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Did she shine? Will she move on to the next level?

Who is "she" we are talking about?

We are referring to Raegan Cox, the 11-year-old daughter of Heather and Craig Cox. Heather is an assistant vice president of Liberty National Bank in Ada, and Craig manages a Lima Save-A-Lot. The family lives in Miller City where Raegan is a sixth grader.

We asked Heather to write a few words about their experience at Cobo Hall in Detroit when Raegan was invited to audition for a popular NBC TV show.

Heather wrote:
"Raegan left for America’s Got Talent Detroit auditions at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.

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