The Buy Ada First Committee has organized a Music On Main event for Friday, July 13, from 6 – 8 p.m. at The Depot parking lot, weather permitting.
WONB 94.9 FM is providing music, several businesses are having sidewalk sales, some restaurants will be offering specials, the Ada Rotary Club is having a chicken barbecue fundraiser and more.
Bring lawn chairs, enjoy dinner, visit the businesses, listen and dance to music and spend time in Ada with friends and family.
The Buy Ada First is an Ad-hoc group. Participation is welcome. For more information, please feel free to contact Heather Cox at 419-634-5015.
By Jake Dowling, Ada Icon summer intern
It is the summer of 2010. Julie Brewer just graduated from Ohio Northern University with a degree in art education. She had friends, a good life, but she was not ready to jump right into her career, she wanted to explore.
“You know that coming right out of college the job market is going to be tedious and scary, you’re not know sure what opportunities are going to be there, but this opportunity presented itself and I couldn’t say no,” she said.
The opportunity that presented itself was being a part of AmeriCorps, a national organization that fights hunger and poverty here in the U.S.
Here are four Victorian Ada residences from 1902. Top left, Professor Lehr; top right, Robert Laughlin.
Bottom left, Agnew Welsh (notice this photo was taken in the winter with snow on the ground and a girl with a sled); bottom right, S.B. Wagner. These photos are from the booklet "Ada and the O.N.U. The New and the Old."
The book has a 1902 copyright by C.F. Landon, seccessor to Chas. R. Wilson, drugs, books and stationery, South Main Street, Ada, Ohio.
Bridge Bereavement Services is offering a “Writing Through Grief” workshop for those grieving the current or past death of a loved one.
The workshop will be held Monday, July 16, and Monday, July 23, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Van Buren State Park, 12259 Township Road 218, Van Buren.
Through this event, participants will use various writing techniques to investigate, express and process grief. No previous writing experience is needed and journals will be provided.
Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, call Bridge Bereavement Service at 419.423.5351 or e-mail [email protected].
Summer Reading Club Pool Party
Wednesday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to approximately 1:30 p.m.
Location: The Ada park & swimming pool
The Ada Public Library is partnering with the Ada Park to throw a pool party for all Summer Reading Club participants and their guardians in celebration of everyone’s efforts! Kids will have 2 hours to swim for free, and afterwards they will be directed to a shelter house for snacks and prizes.
According to Ada Pool policy, children under the age of 8 must have a caretaker present who is at least 13 years old. If needed, a rain date is set for Thursday, July 19 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Brett and Dana Walters are ReStore June Volunteers of the Month.
Their most recent endeavor was planning and coordinating the First ever Anything on Wheels Poker Run which was held last Saturday. This event was coordinated by Brett and Dana.
Because of their hard work, caring attitudes, and determination to get things done, the Poker Run was a huge success.
Frank V. Evilsizer, Jr., of Ada died at 3:31 a.m. July 1, 2012 at Bluffton Hospital. He was born Oct. 9, 1987 in Lima to Frank and Sandy Dunifon Evilsizer Sr. and they survive near Ada. He was married to Kaitlin Gossard and she survives.
Evilsizer was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish and hunt. He was a member of the Bluffton and Hog Creek Sportsmen’s Clubs. He was also a Michigan football fan.
Take your mind off the heat for a moment. Here's an update of events around Ada from the Area Area Chamber of Commerce:
Something new - Our next membership committee meeting will be held on July 18th. Bright and early at 7:30 a.m. David Dellifield has invited us to have breakfast and our meeting at McIntosh Center. Please RSVP to me when you know if you can attend.
Health Chek now has in stock, Rasberry Keytones and African Mango supplements. This has been a hot topic with Dr. Oz!
The Ohio Northern wrestling team will open its 2012-13 season on Nov. 17 at the Olivet (Mich.) Duals tournament.
The Polar Bears, under 25th-year head coach Ron Beaschler, will open their home schedule on Dec. 1 with the 32nd annual ONU Invitational.
Northern will begin the defense of its Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season title on Jan. 15 with a home dual meet against Muskingum.
ONU will also travel to Mount Saint Joseph, Washington & Lee (Va.) and NCAA Division I foe Davidson (N.C.) for non-conference duals and will compete in tournaments at Indianapolis, Ind., Williamsport, Pa., Alma, Mich., and Wheaton, Ill.
AEP provided the Icon with the following power restoration update as of the morning of July 2:
Here is the latest outage restoration update available. We continue to
work hard and safe to get power restored to all our customers and have done so with over 200,000 being put back into service. Last night's storm caused a temporary set back, and continued unstable weather creates the possibility for more outages, but we will stick with this until we're done.
Thanks for your patience and understanding and please check on the elderly and infirmed as this heat wave seems to have no end in sight,
