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Civic Organizations

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Meets on 3rd Wednesday of designated months at noon; open to the public. President Jamie Hall, [email protected] 419-634-4045 ext.210
725 West North Avenue Ada, OH 45810 PHONE 419-634-6421
115 W Buckeye Ave, Ada, OH 45810 NON-EMERGENCY PHONE 419-634-0010
320 N Main St, Ada, OH 45810 PHONE 419-634-5246
530 N Gilbert St, Ada, OH 45810 NON-EMERGENCY PHONE 419-634-7729
525 N Main St, Ada, OH 45810 NON-EMERGENCY PHONE 419-634-8070
110 E Buckeye Ave, Ada, OH 45810-1102 PHONE 419-634-5933 [email protected]
War Memorial Park, Ken Wolke Park Manager. PHONE 419-634-0074.
115 West Buckeye Ave Ada Ohio 45810 PHONE 419-634-4045

Community Organization

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Sara Bryan, President; [email protected]
Meets at 8 a.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of the month; Lindsay Walden Hollar, director, 567-204-7118
[email protected] Athletic Boosters meetings are the 2nd Monday of every month in the school cafeteria.
ADA BOY SCOUTS Pack 124
Meets at 7 p.m. on first Tuesday of each month at school cafeteria
Located on the Lincoln Ave. side of the Ada First Presbyterian Church; email [email protected]
ADA KIWANIS CLUB
CONTACT Joe Ferguson EMAIL [email protected]
Meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. at Center on Central. Paul Fletcher, 419-235-1533.
PHONE (419) 788-1088, SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook
(419) 634-5220 CONTACT: Laurie Laird [email protected]
Moderated Facebook group to provide information regarding feral or outdoor cats in Ada
FOSS AGIN MEYER AMERICAN LEGION POST 185
Meets at the VFW 4th Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., P.O. Box 42, Ada, OH 45810
Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main St., 419-634-5246 (library phone)
Address 1552 St. Rt. 235, Phone (567) 674-3068
REAM MCELROY VFW AUXILLARY
Meetings at 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the Month
Meets 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m., 2147 State Route 235, 419-634-5096

Church

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316 S. Main St. - 419-634-2407
111 Central Ave - 419-235-7307
201 S. Main St. - 419-634-5661
301 N. Main St. - 419-634-4626
1047 St. Rt. 235 - 419-634-6132
7050 St. Rt. 235, Alger - 419-757-4501
101 Montville St, Alger - 419-757-7100
4014 Co. Rd. 304, - 419-326-8552
4227 N. Hardin Rd. - 419-649-5364
123 E Buckeye Ave (in Buckeye East) [email protected]
350 W. North Ave - 419-634-8041
321 N. Gilbert St. - 419-634-2554
Office 222 E. Highland Ave - 419-675-1162
125 S. Johnson St. - 419-634-8956
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
4443 TR 25, Ada • 419
4945 St. Rt. 81 - 419-634-6303

Classified Ads

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COMMUNICATION Email ads to [email protected]. Call 567-400-4266 with questions but ads must be sent electronically.
- Please provide up to 75 words. Includes clickable links and phone numbers, one attachement (jpg. png or pdf).

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COST $1/day, minimum 10 days Items for sale and ticketed events. Items for sale including cars, trucks, real estate or business services.

FREE Ads Include help wanted, garage sales, card of thanks, lost and found, wanted, and free items.

Events of interest (2) Lost and Found (1)
For Rent (3) Merchandise for sale (0)
For sale (1) Notices (2)
Services Offered (1) Open House (0)
Announcement (0) Pets (0)
Business Cards (0) Political Ads (0)
Card of Thanks (1) Public Auctions (0)
Free (1) Vehicles for sale (0)
Garage Sales (3) Vehicles for Sale (0)
Help wanted (3) Wanted (1)
House for sale (0)

FIND ADA BUSINESSES

Check out the Ada Business Community Map maintained by ONU's Dicke College of Business.

Businesses may add and update information with this Google Form.


WHAT BRINGS YOU TO ADA, OHIO?

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June 23 - Noteworthy Community Choir Dress Rehearsal (open to the public), Vancrest, 6:30 p.m.
June 27 - AHS Class of 2020 Reunion
June 28 - MW Pony Pals Gymkhana, War Memorial Park show ring, 9:00 a.m.
June 28 - Fireworks & Food Trucks, War Memorial Park
June 29 - Western Pleasure & Horsemanship, War Memorial Park show ring, 1 p.m.
July 4 - Ada Liberty Fire Dept. Fireworks & Shifferly Rd Band, 6:00 p.m.
July 12 - VFW Park in the Park car show, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Aug 9 - Farmers & Merchants Picnic, War Memorial Park
Aug 9 - Hardin Co. Tractors Picnic Pull, War Memorial Park
Aug 23 - 9th Annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival
Aug 23 - Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day, 9;30-11:30 a.m.
Aug 25 - ONU Fall Semester begins
Aug 30 - 9th Annual Cursive Ohio Charity Ride, 7:00 a.m.
Sept 13 - Class of 1976, Liberty Conservation Club, 1:00 p.m.
Sept 20 - 39th Annual Harvest & Herb Festival, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sept 20 - Hardin Co. Tractor Pullers, Fall Brawl, War Memorial Park
Oct 4 - OHIO Bigfoot Jamboree 2, Ada War Memorial Park
Oct 13-14 - ONU Fall Break
Dec 13 - Merry on Main


Events of interest

Community Choral Concert and Potluck
June 29, 5 - 7 p.m. - Concert & Potluck in the Park, Ada Park, shelterhouse #8

Noteworthy Community Choir (NCC) is a non-profit choral group serving our communities through song with members from Ada, Alger, Bluffton, Dola, Kenton, and Lima. Make it a day to Accentuate the Positive as You Raise Me Up and are Standing on the Promises, all while (sshh!) The Lion Sleeps Tonight!  Plus, many more!  

 


RIDE TO REMEMBER ON JULY 12
Registration is open for the 2025 Ride to Remember. The in-person ride takes cyclists through the Village of Bluffton and the scenic surrounding countryside, with routes passing through Gilboa, Ottawa, Rawson, and other nearby towns. Ride anywhere from 11 to 135 miles!
www.ridetoremember.net/register.html


For Rent

APARTMENT #14 FOR RENT
Photos at www.kimmetproperties.com
3 Bedroom/ 2 Bath Apartment in Ada for rent
East Side Apartments (Manager on-site)
Appliances: New stove, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher. Washer and dryer also included.

Pets: No
Smoking: No
Paint: Freshly painted
Level: Ground level
Floors: Hardwood/ vinyl
Owner pays: Garbage, mowing and snow removal
Rent: $1,175.00
Deposit: 1 month
Available: Now
Call Dennis at (419) 303-8869 / Realtor owned.


Pandora Apartment for rent
Photo at www.kimmetproperties.com/
1 Bedroom/ 1 Bath Apartment in Pandora for rent
Appliances: Stove, refrigerator, washer and dryer and dishwasher
Pets: No
Smoking:  No
Floors:  Carpet and vinyl
Level:  Ground level
Owner pays:  Snow plowing
Rent:  $775.00
Deposit:  1 month
Storage:  Includes storage shed
Available:  September 1, 2025
Call Dennis at (419) 303-8869 / Realtor owned.


ADVERTISE RENTALS ON THE ICON

For Rent ads are $1/day, minimum 10 days. Ask us about a repeat ads package! Send ads of 75 words or less with one pdf or photo attachment to [email protected]


For sale

Post your item(s) for sale here. Cars, real estate, home based businesses, etc. $1/day, minimum 10 days. Email [email protected].


Services Offered

Promote services provided by your business with a classified ad. $1/day, minimum 10 days. Up to 75 words with a graphic and/or PDF attachment.


Card of Thanks

CARD OF THANKS ads are FREE!

Send up to 75 words and one image to [email protected].


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Garage Sales

Jenera Community Garage Sales
June 27 and 28
9am-5pm
20+ sales

Maps available at sales


ABOUT GARAGE SALE ADS
Yes, the Icon's garage sale ads are FREE on both BlufftonIcon.com and AdaIcon.com! AND they include a pin on our combined Garage Sale Map https://bit.ly/3JaYCaq_ICON_GS

Ads are limited to the Bluffton+ area including Arlington, Beaverdam, Columbus Grove, Jenera, Mt. Cory, Rawson and Pandora, and the Ada+ area including Alger, Dola, Dunkirk, McGuffey and Harrod.

Please provide ads by Tuesday for long weekend garage sales.
If you are a home-based business, ads are $1/day, minimum $10.


Help wanted

SCHOOL DISTRICT TREASURER

Full job description attached

Tentative Timeline:
• Application due date - June 27, 2025
• Interviews - Week of July 7, 2025
• Employment begins - August 1, 2025

PDF icon Treasurer Job Posting


CONTENT CREATORS

Help us put a little more Ada and Bluffton in the Icons! Looking for freelance content creators (monthly and occasional) including:

- Public Meetings primary and substitute reporters
- Photographers
- Calendar managers
- Feature and special event writers

For more information, call Paula Scott, editor, at 567-400-4266 during Icon office hours, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.


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Lost and Found

DID YOU KNOW? Lost and found notices are FREE. 

Email 75 words or less to [email protected].


Notices

The Area Agency on Aging 3 has issued the attached Request for Proposal announcement including 

2026 Request for Proposal for Title III D Disease Prevention

2026 Request for Proposal for Title III C Nutrition Services Administrative Functions

Bidders conference will be held virtually on June 12. Link in document. Deadline to apply is July 11, 2025

 

PDF icon  AAA3 Request for Proposal issued June 11


Wanted

TWINS NEEDED FOR PARADE

Ada area twins needed to continue a Harvest & Herb Parade tradition.  Email [email protected] to volunteer to carry the parade banner on September 20.