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Book reviews: NY Times best-selling author David Baldacci doesn't disappoint

Baldacci is a grandmaster of character building, and getting to know FBI agent Pine is a delight, leaving you turning pages
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 26, 2020 - 2:38pm

The Icon introduces our newest column of book reviews. Robert McCool of Ada is our reviewer.

Reviews by Robert McCool
Who says that summer reading has to be as bubbly and frothy as the foam on top of your iced latte? 

I find it better to immerse myself in a good story, like my toes being buried in warm beach sand. But with the current covid-19 restrictions on all of us I have to depend on curbside service from my local library, and recommendations from my favorite librarians. 

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BFR Adventure Camp theme: Fairy tales and fables

Still time to register your child for June 29-July 3 camp session
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 26, 2020 - 11:38am

Fairytales and Fables
Bluffton Family Recreation's summer camp theme
Monday to Friday, June 29-July 3

Dragons, princesses, heroes and princes. Campers will adventure into the stories of many fairy tales and their characters. Throughout the week campers will play Save the Princess, color roses using food coloring and building their own castle out of cardboard boxes.

Daily schedule:
7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Pre-camp
9:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m. - Traditional camp
3:30-5:30 p.m. - Post camp

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Write a caption - winner receives Shannon Theatre passes

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 26, 2020 - 10:45am

The Icon took this photo on Saturday in front of the farmers' market. 

Write a caption for this photo. The winner will receive four passes to the Shannon Theatre. The entry deadline is 5 p.m., Thursday, July 2.

Send entries to: Caption contest, [email protected].

Last week's winner:
Gary Wetherill is last week's winner. His entry to the photo below reads: "I gotta start mowing more often." Gary wins four passes to the Shannon Theatre.

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Winning caption: "I gotta start mowing more often."

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 26, 2020 - 10:34am

Gary Wetherill is the winner of our recent "Write a caption contest." His entry reads: "I gotta start mowing more often." Gary wins four passes to the Shannon Theatre.

Honorable mention, goes to:
• Greg Ring: Make hay while the sun is shining and the tractor is running."
* Duane Bollenbacher: "It's going to take me all day to round up all these little boogers!!"

BELOW IS THIS WEEK'S CAPTION CONTEST CHALLENGE
The Icon took this photo on Saturday in front of the farmers' market. 

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Ada’s Farmers and Merchants Picnic canceled

Tractor pull to be decided
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on June 26, 2020 - 6:00am

FROM Ada Icon - Ada’s oldest and longest-running festival, Farmers and Merchants Picnic will take this year off. The parade and other parts of the picnic are also canceled.

It’s another local victim of the covid-19 virus.

Instead, the Farmers and Merchants planning committee will hold a raffle with at least four major prizes, according to Eva Wolke. Those prizes range from a smoker grill and Keystone Meats gift card to a Kahili trip, a television and a firepit.

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Movie review: Just Mercy

The story is very powerful and the film is very effective. Have tissues on hand.
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2020 - 4:22pm

Icon movie review "Just Mercy"
Reviewed by Wilson
JUST MERCY tells the story of civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson (MICHAEL B. JORDAN), who travels to Alabama fresh out of law school to defend a number of prisoners on death row. His most notable client Walter McMillian (JAMIE FOXX), who is on death row for a murder he did not commit. 

Stevenson’s investigation and defense of McMillian uncovers and exposes the corruption and racism that runs rampant through Monroe County’s justice system.

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