There was a parade in Ada on Saturday and you were probably in it or watching.
Monty Siekerman offers the following selection of parade photos from this year's Ada Farmers' and Merchants' Parade.
WATCH FOR MORE PARADE PHOTOS TUESDAY -
• Hardin County Mounted Police
• Ada High School Marching Band
• Princess candidate Kyleigh Watson
• Princess candidate Brooklynn Simon
• Midget football team
• Midget football cheerleaders
Here's why a photograph is worth a thousand words. We invite you to study this bird's-eye view of Ada taken in 1953 and published in the souvenir program of th Ada centennial.
Fifteen buildings are identified on this aerial map and their legend to the 15 is on the map's bottom.
Two upcoming August Twilight Tours will have farmers thinking outside of the box.
Tuesday, Aug. 16, Ted Griffith will be discussing how he has inter-seeded soybeans into growing wheat using 15 inch rows.
This Twilight Tour will be held near the field located at 6551 State Route 701, Ada starting at 7 p.m.
This practice, called Modified Relay Intercropping (MRI), enables a producer to get respectable wheat yields, while at the same time produce a field of soybeans that usually yield better than double cropped beans.
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
In1880 the Ada Community band was organized. Among members of the first band were “Squire” Lantz, Chris Young, Henry Young, William Young, M.V. Gilbert, Ed. Gilbert, Wesley Gilbert, Lem Linderman and George Loudenslager. The band celebrated their 55th anniversary in 1935.
Helen E. Driver, 99, died at 2:35 a.m., Aug. 14, 2016, at Bluffton Hospital.
Helen was born Sept. 16, 1916, in Allen County to Russell and Edith (Brenneman) Wolfe, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 13, 1940, she married Marion J. Driver who died on Sept. 22, 1997.
Mrs. Driver was a graduate of Elida High School and attended Northwestern Business College in Lima. She worked in Chicago and at the City Loan in Lima. Helen was a homemaker and co-owned a shoe store in Lima for several years. She spent her last 17 years at Maple Crest in Bluffton. There she participated in many activities. Helen also volunteered at the Et Cetera Shop.
Kenny Wolke and his wife, Eva, were recognized for their efforts in preparing the park for the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic. Kenny is park superintendent. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Those attending the Farmers and Merchants picnic on Saturday were having a fun time until noon. Then, there were a few sprinkles, followed by a gully washer at 2 p.m., sending even the diehard picnic-goers home.
MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY
Events were cancelled, rides and food trucks packed up and left, and those hosting games escaped the tropical-like downpours that continued throughout the afternoon.
It's another Icon Weekend. The Icon offers viewers 8 pages of events taking place this weekend in the Icon viewership area.
This is a weekend full of events, including:
• 103rd Ada Farmer's and Merchant's Picnic
• Lincoln Highway Buy Way yard sale
• Riley Creek Singer's performance of "Beauty and the Beast"
SPOILER ENDING - Saturday is the final day of the season for the Ada swimming pool. There is no admission on the last day, thanks to the Ada Lions Club.
The Weekend addition is a printer-friendly attachment below.
They are for sale at the Lincoln Hi-Way Buy-Way, a community yard sale event in Ada. Shaina Phillips shows customers deer feeders made by Hugh Phillips which are for sale at 728 N. Main: $75 OBO.
The annual three-day Lincoln Highway sale across America continues through Saturday. You never know what you might find at these sales...and at bargain prices.
