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Dick Lawrence, long-time board member, announces retirement

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Board members of Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) were elected for 2017 at the Dec. 21 monthly meeting of the group.

Board members elected for terms from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018 follow:
• Beth Fenton
• Jamie Hall
• Angela Polachek
• Norm Rex
• Don Traxler

Dick Lawrence, a CIC member for many years, announced his retirement from the board. At the Jan. 18 meeting officers will be elected.

Reports at the meeting included the announcement that Cassie Collins, an Ada village employee, will manage the Ada pool in 2017.

Two fun short videos you'll want to see

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The Spirit of Christmas has a little bit of Ada as seen here.

Here's two Facebook videos from the Hardin County Sheriff's Office. Watch the deputies deliver foot baskets donated by the Ada High School Future Farmers of America.

Click the link to watch:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hardin-County-Sheriffs-Office/13285836339...

...there's always a red suit, but at times he's thin...see for yourself

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By Monty Siekerman
Santa has visited Ada many times in the past month as these Ada Icon photos attest. To see more of where he has been in Ada check out the photos at the bottom of this story.

Santa sometimes appears a little stocky, sometimes thinner, sometimes short or tall. One time he was caught by the camera with glasses.

But, he's always jolly, loves kids, and wears the read and white suit he's known for. Some days, Santa's beard is thick and full. Other tines the beard is little scraggly, but that's when Mrs. Claus didn't give her approval before he left the workshop.

Replaces Deb Curlis who held post four years

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After four years as Ada Area Chamber of Commerce president, Deb Curlis is stepping down.

Her replacement is David Dellifield, who was elected president at the Dec. 21 chamber meeting. Other 2017 officers elected are Heather Cox, vice president, Corsie Arn, treasurer, and Jill Simmons, secretary.

Three new board members were elected with term ending listed in parentheses:
• Deb Curlis (Dec. 31, 2017)
• Jon Neeld (Dec. 31, 2018)
• Dustin Shook (Dec. 31, 2019)

Dellifield is director of McIntosh Center at ONU. In 2017 monthly chamber meetings will take place in the Deans' Heritage Room, McIntosh at 8 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.

Meri Skilliter will start here Jan. 1

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Meri Skilliter, McComb school superintendent, will be the new superintendent of Ada Exempted Village Schools replacing Dr. Suzanne Darmer.

On Dec. 21 she was offered a three-year contract at Ada starting Jan. 1, 2017, at $98,000 per year.

Darmer was Ada’s superintendent for the past 10 years and is retiring at the end of the year.

Skilliter, McComb’s superintendent since August 2013, is a resident of Bluffton and a previous teacher in the Bluffton school system.

Skilliter announced her departure from McComb School District through her blog on the school website.

In it she wrote:

Ada Buy Local partnered with Hardin chamber

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The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance announced the winners of the Buy Local First Holiday Contest, which ran from Nov. 21 - Dec. 15.

The Alliance partnered with the Buy Ada First Committee and 26 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 Marilyn Green, the $200 winner was Kristin Daws, and the $100 winner was Kathy Stedman.

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