There's a great show going on this week high above the Ada skyline. It involves the painting of the Ada water tower. Ken Collins offers this series of photos. Don't look down!
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.
Your 14-page Icon Weekend edition is here. It provides lots of information about events taking place in the Icon viewership area this weekend and into next week. To view Weekend, click here.
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.
