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2-hour delay tomorrow AM

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

Ada schools are on a two-hour dela for Friday, Feb. 5. The announcement was made at 9:07 p.m. on Ohio Alerts.

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Need a good barbecue sauce?

You'll now find several options with a LaFayette connection at 3 Brothers Family Pizza
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

Steve Arnold and Brian Clum go way back.

"We met in Kindergarten at Allen East," laughs Brian.

Mrs. Dickey was their teacher that year, and it was 1974-75. They played T-ball together and were in Lafayette Cub Scout Pack 11 together.

Spending each high school year together, Steve was Brian’s best man in Brian and Kelly’s wedding in 1990.

As they went their own paths, they stayed in touch. And, this winter their paths crossed again.

Steve, now a resident of Willow City, North Dakota, has created a series of competition barbecue products under the brand name Arnold’s Misfit Acres.

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Ada business of the year

Chamber accepting nominations for this year's recipient
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce invites nominations for the 2020 outstanding business of the year, according to Becky Neville of the chamber.

Any Ada Area Chamber of Commerce member business or industry is eligible for nomination. The award winner will be determined by the contributions that the nominee and its owners, managers and employees have made to the Ada area community. The Board of Directors of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will determine the award winner.

Click here to open a link for online nominations.

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Book by Icon owner now on sale at The Inn at ONU

Bluffton Anthology offers many essays on small town life
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

A new book, “Bluffton Anthology – a creek runs through it,” with dozens of short essays about Bluffton, collected by Fred Steiner, Ada Icon owner, is now on sale at The Inn at ONU.

“This collection brings together more than a dozen engaging writers whose own Bluffton experiences deserve retelling,” said Steiner.

“For anyone who grew up or lives in a small town, these stories need no further introduction,” said Steiner, about the book. “For people needing to have small towns explained to them, this is a great starting point.”

The book includes 190 pages and is listed at $24.95 plus tax. 

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Tigers claw Ada boys

Spencerville next on Bulldog's schedule
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Waynesfield-Goshen built an 18-point second half lead and held off an Ada rally to win a non-conference boys basketball makeup contest 45-35 Wednesday night.

W-G broke open a 26-17 halftime lead with a 9-0 run to start the second half. Ada managed to slice the deficit to 41-35 with 2:19 remaining to play, but could get no closer.

The Bulldogs dropped to 2-13 overall with the defeat. W-G improved to 3-12     with the win. 

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Book review: News of the World

This is a novel that I will read again someday when I want to travel throughout 19th century Texas.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 4, 2021

Reviewed by Robert McCool
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a 71-year-old vet of two wars who rides through the state of Texas reading the news of the world to groups of people for a dime apiece.

A newspaper printer who lost his press in the just finished War Between the States, he buys newspapers from both far away and local to Texas and people flock to his readings in order to hear the latest news. Many are illiterate.

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