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“He’s my best friend,” David said of Michael. “I would’ve never imagined that after I chased him with a Nerf gun and knocked the door hinges off, we’d be helping each other years later to do our jobs during a pandemic.”

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Athletics and pharmacy typically aren’t entities that converge. Peanut butter and jelly? Yes. Stevie Ray Vaughan and a Fender Stratocaster? Indelibly. Nerf guns and brothers?

Absolutely, which actually brings us back to that seemingly incongruous athletics/pharmacy concept. 

“Being from two completely different professions, it takes a lot of stars to align for our worlds to cross, but that’s what happened,” said Ohio Northern University alumnae and professor Michael Rush, PharmD ’05, referencing his brother, David Rush, BSSM ’11, assistant athletics director for Kent State University. 

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New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, has specials for Father's Day, which takes place Sunday.

In addition to specials, there is a plant sale in process and with June being perennial month, special offers are also available.

 

And, we will put you on our garage sale map

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It's garage sale season and the Ada and Bluffton Icons continue to post area garage sales at no charge. 

We will even place your garage sale on our weekly garage sale map.

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So, you think you know Ada? Okay, where is this?

This could be the most difficult photo ever posted in this series. Although somewhat difficult to read, here's the wording:

Made by
the
Murdock Mfg & ??? Co.
Cincinnati

You will find this on the east side of Main Street. Answer tomorrow.

Ada's 2nd to 4th grade coach-pitched softball team

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Ada’s 2nd to 4th grade coach-pitched softball team is its league champions.

Over the weekend Ada beat Allen East Larrison 220-0 in a semi-final match. Then in the title game Ada beat Allen East Abbey 16-15.

Team members are, front row, from left: Claire Porter, Liz Archer, Ada Porter, McKinley Miller, Maeve Ulrey.

Second row from left, head coach Ben Thaxton, Emily Thaxton, Brook Kah, Téa Griffith, Journey Rahrig, Alivia Rahrig, Abby Sypherd, Ellie Bowsher, assistant coach Stephanie Kah

Third row: assistant coach Trista Thaxton.

Third year of new toy collection for the Hematology and Oncology floors at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus

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Note: The Icon has followed Braylon Simon’s story since 2019. Here’s an update on Braylon’s Toy Drive, now underway. This is Braylon’s story written by his mom, who works in the Ohio Northern University physical plant.

After a year and a half of doctors, specialists, multiple tests and finally surgery, Braylon was diagnosed with Stage 3 Nodular Lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in April of 2018. He was 7 at the time.

He went through four rounds of chemotherapy and in August, 2018, he was able to ring the bell!

Braylon is now back to playing baseball and football and enjoying life as any child should.

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