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Caller claimed to be resident's grandchild in need of money

An Ada Icon viewer alerted the Icon of a telephone scam underway in Ada today.

The viewer said that someone called an elderly Ada resident and claimed to be the resident's grandchild.

Once the phone conversation began the caller claimed to be in trouble and in need of immediate money.

The Icon is alerting residents of this scam and to be wary of it. The Ada police department is aware of the scam.

Next time you are in Bluffton drive on Jackson Street and you'll see this on a red Chevy. A real golf fan.

Plus a dessert sample from Liberty National Bank

Story and photso by Monty Siekerman

Shop local, buy local says the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce. With that thought, The Icon offers several ideas for the person still in search of the perfect gift for Feb. 14.

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Kara Van De Weert offers sweets at Liberty National Bank on Friday. Customers were treated to a large selection of desserts to munch on in recognition of Valentine's Day on Tuesday.

Beaver Excavating Co., Canton, is the apparent low bidder for a project, which will reconstruct and widen Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County beginning this spring.

The apparent successful bid was $113.2 million. The contract will be officially awarded in approximately two weeks once a review of all bidding documents is complete.

The project will take place from just south of Harrison Street/County Road 144, which is just south of the Ohio 15/U.S. Route 68 interchange, to the County Road 99 interchange in Findlay.

ReStore Community Center served 8,662 meals last year and distributed 122 emergency food packages. The free meals include those served at noon four days a week and during at Crockpot Tuesday at the center, and the 1,500 lunches served to children at War Memorial Park during the summer.

Service begins Feb. 14 - appointments required

By Monty Siekerman
Again this year, taxpayers can receive free income tax assistance from ONU business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

The service is available from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings beginning Feb. 14 at the business college.

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