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Winter finally arrives in Ada - time to get out the plow

Old Man Winter arrived in Ada on Jan. 10.  The old guy has a mean streak as he arrived the same day that all Ohio Northern Unviersity students were to return to campus.

Like it or not, he's here. Ken Collins drove around town and provided these views to prove that winter is finally in Ada.

Earlier in the day Hardin County Sheriff's Office announced a snow advisory. Another story on this page tells about a weather-related accident on State Route 235.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW

An Ada winter scene you've never seen

What's going on here?

That's correct. What's wrong with this picture. (We've asked this question before.)

This Main Street Ada photo - looking south at the Ada Theatre - represents winter...however....

Ken Collins took "both" photos and The Icon merged them into one. The right portion of the photo shows this Ada location on the first day of winter. You might remember it. You could have mowed your lawn that day.

The left portion of this photo shows this same Ada location on Jan. 10, or the first serious snowfall of the winter.

It's as if winter came in like a lamb and suddenly turned into a roaring beast.

Sunday accident briefly closes SR 235 north of Ada

Photos and story by Ken Collins

Hardin County is under a winter weather advisory.

The advisory is no fluke as it demonstrates the conditions of the road in this weather-related traffic accident north of Ada.

While rescue workers were on the scene, Ada-Liberty Township Fire blocked the northbound Route 235 at Hardin County Road 20, about two miles north of Ada.

The photo above looks to the north, with one addition photo in this series, below, is shot from the Liberty Baptist Church parking lot on County Road 20 just west of 235.

Car strike utility pole on 235

Hardin County is under a winter weather advisory. And, so demonstrate the conditions of the road here is a weather-related traffic accident north of Ada. Ada-Liberty Township Fire blocked the northbound Rout 235 at Hardin County Road 20, about two miles north of Ada. It appears that an SUV slid off the road and struck an utlity pole, which is on top of the vehicle in the photo. For additional photos of the accident click here. (Ken Collins photo)

Rev. Ronald Fry was retired from Rudolph Foods

Rev. Ronald L. Fry, 75, died on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at 8:50 a.m. at residence in Alger.

He was born on April 3, 1940, in McGuffey, Ohio, to Robert E. and Jane (Newland) Fry who preceded him in death. On June 6, 1959, he married Dorthey Jean Lamb and she died on AuG. 31, 2013.

Ronald retired after 29 years from Rudolph Foods of Westminster where he worked as a fryer and he also enjoyed farming. He was a graduate of McGuffey High School class of 1958. He was a member of the Victory Chapel of Praise Harrod, Ohio. 

Know your Ada industries: An inside look at North American Stamping Group

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
This company has been in Ada for 24 years. It has 11 employees working in a facility with 25,800 square. Know it?

The North American Stamping Group is located at 605 E. Montford, in Grass Run Industrial Park.

In Ada, the company began as City Tool and Die in 1992, which was bought by Universal Engineering in 1996, which was bought by NASG in 2002.

Locally, Gary Wicker of Waynesfield has been operations manager for 15 years. He has been with the company 36 years.

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