Here's a Leland Gerber black and white photo of a women's sports team from the Triplett company. Senior Icon viewers, please help us to identify these women and, if it is a team sport, share some information for other viewers.
Peter Suter of Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn, 117 S. Main St., announced that "Caramel Apple" is Shirley's popcorn flavor of the month for September. Store hours are Thursdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shirley's website is shirleyspopcorn.com.
The East African country that Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza once fled for his life has now honored its native son with a presidential visit to the health care center he returned to found.
Pierre Nkurunkiza, president of Burundi, traveled to Village Health Works Aug. 20 with U.S. Ambassador Pamela Slutz for a tour that included placement of the cornerstone for a planned women's health pavilion at the site.
A group of parishioners from St. Mary's Catholic Church recently returned from a mission trip to Booneville, Kentucky.
According to Sister Carol Inkrott, "Booneville is in Owsley County, which is the third poorest county in the U.S. During our trip we cleaned, painted and repaired houses for some of the residents."
St. Mary's participants were: (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
The Ohio Northern University Astronomy Club invites ONU students, faculty and staff, as well as Ada and the surrounding communities, to an astronomy event at the ONU Observatory on Friday, Sept. 2, from 9-11 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
A short presentation on supernovas will take place around 9:45 p.m. A supernova is a rare event in which a star explodes. Light from the explosion rises over a week's time and then slowly fades over a period of months.
The Humane Society of Allen County is holding a 5k Run/Walk at 8:30 a.m. with a Mutt Walk at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 as a fundraiser -and you can bring your dog along.
The registration is $10 before Sept. 30, $15 afterwards. The necessary forms for the event are in printer-friendly attachements at the bottom of this story.
How much rain was in your rain guage on Aug. 23? Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, recorded nearly 2 1/2 inches. Here the weather summary for the past seven day.
