Looks like Ada’s August and September are months full of lots of activities.
The Ada Icon’s Hometown Happenings bi-monthly calendar is now online. Darlene Bowers gathers the information for the Icon. Viewers will find events involving:
• Community
• Ada school
• Ohio Northern University
• The Freed Center
• The Inn at ONU
• Ada public meetings
• Ada village service schedule
• Ada Public Library
A printer-friendly copy of the calendar is attached. It’s a great piece of information for your kitchen refrigerator or office bulletin board, so you can keep up with activities taking place here over the next two months.
There will be lots of musical entertainment at this year’s Ada Harvest and Herb Festival. The 30th annual festival, sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, is Saturday, Sept. 17, on Ada’s Main Street.
According to Deb Curlis, this year’s entertainment takes place at the Cole Motors Main Street parking lot as in past years.
Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving coach Peggy Ewald is adding another international accomplishment to her impressive resume.
She will serve on the coaching staff for Team USA at the 2016 Paralympics Games Sept. 7-18 in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil.
This marks the third Paralympics Games in which Ewald has represented Team USA, as she was also part of the coaching staff of the 2008 Paralympics Games in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, England.
August is on the way, but until then, it's an Icon Weekend. Our 14-page Weekend edition provides details on events in the Icon viewership area now through next Friday.
Here's a sample of what you'll find:
• Bluffton and Ada events calendar
• Our favorite Bluffton and Ada photos of the week
• Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sale
• Music Boosters barbecue tickets now on sale
• Northern on Main reopening soon as Cosi
• Bluffton's National Night Out details, including fireworks
To access Weekend open the attachment at the bottom of this story. A printed version of Icon's Weekend is available at the Ada Public Library.
By Monty Siekerman
The bomb squad came to Ada War Memorial Park on Thursday afternoon during a free ReStore Community Center lunch for children. The 40 kids at the park enjoyed seeing how robots work and how they can help protect police and catch the bad guys.
Members of the Allen County Regional Bomb Squad had two observation platforms on hand. One was a helmet, the other a robot. Also, clothing to help ward off injury from a detonated bomb was shown to the youngsters.
Phyllis C. Hall, 85, died on Friday, July 29, 2016, at 5:55 a.m. at the Kenton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Kenton.
She was born on May 24, 1931, in McGuffey, Ohio, to Charles Victor CV and Vera (Phillips) Stevenson who preceded her in death. On Dec. 30, 1952, she married Norman D. Hall and he preceded her in death on Sept. 29, 2012.
Game Night at The Cask Room found many gamers and lots of games to play.
Jonah Agner (standing) helps patrons Andy Limbert (left) and Brady Blankemeyer get started on their choice of a game on Tuesday evening. Even the menu was themed for the night. (Monty Siekerman)
Jun Tsukmato spoke to the members of the program at the club's recent meeting. Her Ada host family is Joe and Linda Ferguson.
The exchange of students between Japan and North American provide children and their families the opportunity to experience a new culture, learn a new language and become international citizens.
Labo families welcome a foreign child into their family in order to make friends, learn about a new culture, introduce their own customs and practice a new language.
