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This is an occasional AdaIcon column of observations, insights, and sightings in the community...informally written, brief, and (hopefully) interesting and readable. Have an idea for an item? Email montysiekerman60@gmail,com.

Monopoly
ReStore has a 1980 Hardin County Monopoly game up for silent auction. Current bid $5. There are two Ada items on the board. Both are still in business 35 years later: Ferguson Insurance and ONU.

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How does the long, cold spell affect things in Ada?

Ada Services: frozen water lines and furnace problems have increased about 25 percent compared to normal. People are more prepared this year since last year's cold winter taught people to protect their water lines better with insulation and to run a small stream of water from faucets if frozen pipes may be a problem. More people learned last year to have their furnaces checked before cold weather set this year.

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The 2015 Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) membership drive is underway. A membership for is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

A membership is $25 per year. The CIC is “a corporation for the sole purpose of advancing, encouraging, and promoting industrial, economic, commercial and civic development of our Ada Community and Area.”

Ada CIC meets on the third Wednesday of each month at noon, and the meetings are open to the public. The meetings often consist of a designated program or guest, as well as member update reports from those who are present. These meetings serve as an ideal place to hear the positive developments going on throughout our community.

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Preventive medicine.

Pharmacy students offered free skin scopes to those attending Crock Pot Tuesday at ReStore. The machine scans the face and can alert someone of precancer as well as oily, dry, or thin skin.

If there may be health issues found, the students recommend seeing a dermatologist. This scan system is the latest in preventive medicine.

Pictured is Ryan Branbeberry, an ONU intern, helping someone.  

For additional ReStore photos, check the bottom of this story

Other ReStore activities

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Bluffton Pediatrics, 505 E. Jefferson St., Suite A., Bluffton, will hold an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, according to Beth Bish, CNP.

Bluffton Pediatrics opened Jan. 5, and Beth A. Bish, CNP, pediatric nurse pracitioner, is co-owner along with her husband, Jim Bish, RN. It is now accepting new patients.

Other staff members are Kat Hunnaman, RN., clinical director; Christine Clymer, executive director; and Barb Hammell, patient liason.

"Bluffton Pediatrics is an independently owned and operated pediatric primary care office," Beth Bish explained to The Icon. "We want to be a medical home for your child."

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The Pioneer Aktion Club has announced that this year the club will award three scholarships of $250 each to high school seniors who lives or goes to school in Hardin County. 

Applications can be picked up at Harco Industries, Simon Kenton School, or a copy can be obtained at http://www.hardindd.org.

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