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Organization is underway this fall for an Ada Flight Civil Air Patrol. Sean Beck, Ada Flight Commander, provided the Icon with the following information for persons interested in additional information.

Do you have interest in the military or aviation? Do you want to serve your country? If you answered yes, this program may be right for you. Challenge yourself to become a Cadet or Senior Member in the United States Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol.

Raise a 9-ton steeple 54 feet in the air in Ada and you are bound to have an audience.

The steeple story, videos and photos was the largest single viewed story ever posted on the Ada Icon.

Wait until you read the size of the audience. Thanks to Google Analytics (which records viewer information) and the power of social media, here’s how the Ada Icon spread the word about the steeple project to former Ada residents around the globe.

INTERSTED IN READING THE STORY, OR VIEWING THE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS? CLICK HERE.

This is the view of the storefront of 109 North Main Street. In the past photo, the storefront held the Welsh Drug Store. Today, you can stop in for lunch at Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill. This location has housed many other groups and businesses in the years between, such as J. J. Breck’s massage therapy office, the Ada Area Senior Citizens Center, the Gallery Café, the Bluebird Knoll gift shop, and the local American Legion post.

Heather Cox called the 43rd meeting (September 2, 2014) of the 2013–2014 Kiwanis Club to order at 12 noon in McIntosh Center, ONU.

The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.

The birthdays of members Jolene Bailey (August 23) and Marilyn Green (September 7) were noted.

The wedding anniversaries of Mike and Ann Hood (August 21, 1976), Craig and Heather Cox (August 21, 1999), Dave and Kelly MacDonald (August 22, 1999) and Mark and Julie Shull (August 28, 1955) were also noted.

The presentation to the Ada-Liberty EMS for pediatric bears and kits was held last week.

A card was sent to Sandy Neely for her recent surgery.

August was right on target temperature-wise, but rainfall was less than normal, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

During August the average daily temperature was 71.6 degrees (the normal average is 71.1 degrees).

The high temperature was 90 on Aug. 26 and the low was 46 on Aug. 15.

August precipitation registered 1.39 inches, while the normal precipitation for the month is 3.28 degrees.

An attachment at the bottom of this story shows the daily weather summaries for August.

Two American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled in Ada during September.

• Monday, Sept. 8 - Community Health Professionals, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 16 - Ohio Northern University, 1:30-7:30 p.m.

To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS, or visit redcrossblood.org. Come to give and get a $10 off Cedar Point coupon! Receive a Columbus Zoo BOGO entry offer and enter to win a free $500 Marathon gas gift card.

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