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Ada HS band "excellent" at District III event

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, March 11, 2013

The Ada High School Concert Band attended the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) Band and Choir Competition on Friday, March 8 at Lima Senior High School.

The 38-member Ada band was rated "Excellent" by a board of judges for District III of the OMEA.

Ada's band competed in Class C, performing three selections in front of a panel of judges who offer written and verbal comments. Ada played "Valley Forge" by King, "Kentucky 1800" by Grundman, and "Spontaneous Combustion" by Sheldon.

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Cash Mob strikes downtown Ada business on Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 11, 2013

The secret’s out. The Buy Ada First Committee, planning the community’s second cash mob, this week announced the location of the event.

The cash mob takes place at one of Ada’s prominent retail businesses, Health-Chek, 117 S. Main St., from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 12.

“Alisa Armbrecht welcomed our invitation to host this event,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee. “We hope to continue more cash mobs in Ada during 2013.”

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New Leaf taking reservations for its March 23 spring seminars

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 11, 2013

New Leaf Lawn and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, still has room in its Saturday, March 23, spring seminars.

Due to limited seating and lunch provide, New Leaf’s staff asks that participants call for reservations. If you cannot attend the store has copies of the handouts provided for you to obtain. You may attend one or each of the workshops.

 

Call 419-634-0351 for reservations or questions.

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"Community Highlights" returns in a new format - lists events taking place in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Ada Community Improvement Corp. “Community Highlights” calendar is back. In late 2012 Ruth Roider retired from creating the bi-monthly calendar.

The Ada Icon offered to continue this valuable community service, and the CIC accepted the Icon’s offer. The March-April version of the calendar was sent to CIC members and others on the CIC e-mail list yesterday.

A copy of the Highlights is an attachment found at the bottom of this story.

Angela Polachek, of the Village of Ada said, “In an effort to get an even wider distribution of the information in the Highlights, CIC wants to try something a little different.” 

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What's for lunch in March?

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Ada school menu for March is now available on The Ada Icon. It is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Hardin Democratic Central and Executive Committees meet March 13

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The next meeting of the Hardin County Democratic Central and Executive Committees is Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at the Kenton Moose Family Center, 801 W. Lima St., Kenton, according to Don Traxler of Ada.

Committee members should park on the east side of the facility and enter at the lower level.

Committee members will evaluate the success of the Presidents’ Day Luncheon which was held Saturday, February 23, at the Kenton Moose Family Center with Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald as the keynote speaker.

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