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The annual dinner meeting and awards program of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance is from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, at McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.

"Join us for our annual dinner meeting and awards program to recognize our award winners for Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year and Community Service Awards," said Jon Cross of the Alliance. " In addition, we will talk about the positive actions from 2015 and looking forward to 2016"

Persons with questions regarding the event, sponsorships or would like to RSVP, contact the Alliance at 419-673-4131 or [email protected].  

Meet Peanut, five-year -old male terrier mix, 12 pounds. Peanut is looking for a good home. You can find out more about Peanut at the Hardin County Dog Shelter, by clicking here.

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman

Hopefully, the caboose in the Railroad Park downtown will get a new lease on life. Hopefully, in 2016.

An expert on trains and their restoration met with townspeople, city officials, professors and students on Monday afternoon to see what needs to be done to spruce up and repair the caboose and how much the work will cost.

The caboose is an important part of the park...it is used as a background for photographs on an almost daily basis, children enjoy climbimg the stairs and turning the steering wheels, train buffs study it, and, for many, the caboose brings back memories of the heyday of trains.

The Ada schools February lunch and breakfast menus are now online and are on the Icon.

Click here for the menu.

In the Ada Icon's continuing quest to stump our readers, we offer this photo taken in Ada. Know where it is?

Hint: in the lobby of a center on Main Street. The words are so true, as you know, if you have ever dealt with a multinational corporation or federal agency...and remember, "the conversation is being recorded for quality assurance and training purposes."

The answer: In the waiting room of Family Chiropractic Center, i.e. the offices of Dr. Larry Hubbell and Dr. Todd Gillfillan at 108 N. Main. (Monty Siekerman)

By Monty Siekerman

This stylized W is, as all good Adaites know, the logo of Wilson Sporting Goods, maker of the Super Bowl football for many years.

This is the time of year when the media descends on our village to report on the making of the all-important pigskin.

In the past few days, the local factory has hosted representatives from A&E, Kenton, Lima, Findlay, and Columbus....and, of course, your Ada Icon.

Next week more the national media will be here, putting Ada on the map once more.

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