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July 2012

Ada dancers hold car wash Saturday for Outback Bowl Trip

Students from Ada's Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre will hold a car wash Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 28, in the Padrone's Pizza parking lot at the corner of West Ballard and South Main.

The event is a fundraiser to help for their upcoming New Year's Day trip to perform in the pre-game and half-time festivities for the Outback Bowl.

July 16 to 22 Ada police log

Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief, released the July 16 to July 24 Ada police log to the Icon. It follows:
July 16th
Assist Fire on S Johnson
Handled loud music complaint on S Johnson
Assist other agency
Handled 911 hang up on N Main St
Traffic stop citation for speed
July 17th
Handled well being check on S Johnson
Assist EMS on Clint Dr
Handled suspicious person complaint
Handled juvenile matter
July 18th
Handled suspicious vehicle on Co Rd 3S
Two Reports taken for theft

2012 NFL Preview - Part 2 NFC East

Here is The Icon's continuing preview of the 2012 NFL season. This story covers the NFC East.
Click here for a preview of AFC East
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
NFC EAST

New York Giants 9-7, Division Champs, Won Super Bowl

Here's the Ada elementary supply lists and workshop fee lists

The countdown is on. The 2012-13 Ada school year is weeks...days... away. The school has released the elementary school supply list. Also released is the elementary school class fee list.

Parents are asked to purchase these supplies over the summer so children will be able to bring them to school on the first day of school or during the annual school open house.

The school open house is Monday, Aug. 13. The first day of school is Thursday, Aug. 16.

Click here for a printer-friendly copy of the elementary supply list.

Nancy C. Allen visitation and service Tuesday

Nancy C. Allen

Visitation:
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
12:00 PM until 2:00 PM
Hanson-Neely Funeral Home
311 East Lima Avenue
Ada

Service:
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
2:00 PM
Hanson-Neely Funeral Home
311 East Lima Avenue
Ada

Familiar Ada building

Here's a familiar Ada building, but this view shows it in its youth. It is the "new" Dukes Memorlal Hall. Louis Dukes, founder, has his photo in the top right corner.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

Jenelle Sobotka to speak at national pharmacy conference

Jenelle Sobotka, professor and endowed chair of pharmacy practice at Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, will deliver the closing session speech at the Texas Pharmacy Association’s Rxperts Conference and Expo in The Woodlands, Texas, on July 26-29.

Sobotka will speak on “Transforming Patient Care: Influencing the System through Quality Patient Care,” which will focus on the challenges in “taking care of patients” that pharmacists will face in the future. The Rxperts Conference is the largest pharmacy conference in the southwest, with top therapeutic education sessions, state board updates and more than 100 companies in attendance.

July 31 deadline for teachers to apply for McDonald's MAC Grants

The deadline is just a few days away for area teachers to apply for a McDonald’s MAC Grant. Teachers wanting to apply for the MAC Grant must have their applications postmarked or submitted electronically by July 31.

Teachers can download an application or submit an application online by visiting www.JerryLewisMcDonalds.com/macgrants.

The application is very simple so there is still plenty of time for teachers to complete the application before the deadline. A limited number of grant recipients will be chosen on or before Sept. 1.

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio job fair Aug. 2

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), a continuing care retirement community in Bluffton, is hosting a Job Fair for the positions of Shahbaz (Caregiver/STNA) and Nurse in the new Green House homes, which will open in October or November of this year. 

The Job Fair will be held at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton, on Thursday, Aug. 2. Interested persons may arrive anytime between 12:30-4 p.m. and should allow 90 minutes for the process.

Lifeline performs Riley Creek Baptist Church concert Aug. 5

Lifeline will present a concert of sacred music at Riley Creek Baptist Church, rural Ada, at 6 p.m., Sunday,  Aug. 5. 

Lifeline is the music ministry of Amy Wright and Bill Hartman. Their music is described as powerful, dynamic and ministers to the heart and soul of their audiences.

Included in this concert will be special guest soloist Molly Pickett. Riley Creek Baptist Church is located at 4950 Township Road 27 in rural Bluffton.  For more information call 419-326-6361.

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