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April 2017

Last day of school moved

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Due to the number of closings this school year, the last day of school for grades K-11 has been moved to May 30. This will also be a 2-hour early dismissal. There is no school on May 29 for Memorial Day.

Should there be any additional closings, we will add additional days of school after May 30 until all necessary days are completed.

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Tommy's Truck & Tractor Sales will add riding and zero-turn lawn mowers

Located at intersection of State Route 309 and 235
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 3, 2017

Tommy Truck and Tractor Sales, 3032 State Route 309, Ada, recently expanded its sales line to used trucks and TYM compact tractors.

Coming soon to its Ada location will be riding and zero-turn lawn mowers, according to Tom Dotson, owner.

Watch the Icon for complete details.

Tommy's Truck and Tractor Sales
3032 State Route 309
Ada
419-634-8401
Mondays to Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon

 

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From 90 Ada school years ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 3, 2017

Did you know that Ada schools had student librarians as far back as 90 school years ago? Here's that group from 1927. Last names only are under the photo. The yearbook stated that this is the hardest working body in the school outside of the faculty and the annual staff. "Yet they receive no pay and very little thanks."

 

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PNUTSY

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 3, 2017

The Icon spotted this license plate in the Heterick Library parking lot. Know the meaning of the plate? Tell us at [email protected].

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

[email protected]

April 1907 B.H. Tarleton of the Magnetic Fire Alarm company brought from Toledo Ada’s first automobile, a Reo.

April 1907 The Ada High School held its first interclass contest

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Ada Icon Dog of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Dottie is a 3 year old spayed female bulldog mix. She weighs 78 pounds. She's a total lovebug, looking for her forever home!

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Grace Gospel Church groundbreaking

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Grace Gospel Church, 321 N. Gilbert, will have a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fellowship hall next Sunday after the church service, about 11:30 a.m. A pot luck will follow.

The 40x80 foot addition will be attached to the northwest side of the present structure. The current fellowship hall will be remodeled into a classroom, a library/lounge, and have expanded restrooms.

Pastor Trent Boedicker, an Ada High School grad who received his ministerial degree from Grace Bible College, has served the local church for 17 years.

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Relay for Life raises $17,000 for cancer

12 hours of musical chairs, cornhole, pie a professor, luminarias...just for starters
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The Ohio Northern University 12-hour Relay for Life in the Sports Center on Friday night/Saturday morning generally raises about $17,000 for cancer.

MORE PHOTOS BELOW -

Many organizations help with the event that honors survivors, remembers those who passed on, and provides money for cancer research and education.

ONU's annual Relay for Life begins with a walk honoring cancer survivors. The survivors were encouraged on with applause as they circled the track at the beginning of the night/morning event which included events every hour from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m.

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Changing of the guard at Ada Flea Market

Gus Guthrie turns over the keys to Dan McCrory, new owner
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
It was changing of the guard Saturday at the Ada Flea Market when Gus Guthrie (right) handed off the keys to the new owner, Dan McCrory of Rawson.

Gus, who opened the flea market 5 years ago, is retiring from the business but will continue to pastor St. Paul's United Church of Christ. On Friday, Dan retired from Ball Metal in Findlay after 38 years. He began ownership of the store the next day.

He and his wife, Cindy, said they will enjoy operating a store with ever-changing merchandise and repurposing the goods sold there, all at bargain prices.

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Sara Weddle-Cleveland, 1930 - 2017

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, April 1, 2017

Sara Mae (Petty) Weddle -Cleveland, age 86, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 3:45am at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.

            She was born on May 16, 1930 in Wooster, Ohio to Ralph and Mildred (Rosenlieb) Petty and they preceded her in death.    On May 29, 1948 she married Samuel E. Weddle who died on March 6, 1995.  On October 26, 2007 she married Floyd L. Cleveland and he survives in Harrod.

            Sara was a beautician and she owned and operated Sara’s Beauty Shop in Harrod.  She was a member of the Maysville United Methodist Church of Maysville, Ohio.  She was a graduate of Fredrick's Beauty College in Lima, Ohio. 

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