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Ada visited by Lincoln Highway tour of old vehicles on June 26

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Village Voice - Historic Lincoln Highway Tour to travel through Ada
This year, the Lincoln Highway turns 100, and Ada will get to see part of the celebration first hand on June 26th.

The Lincoln Highway was the first paved transcontinental highway in the United States, and would eventually pass through 13 states and stretching from New York City to San Francisco. The original goal of the project was simple, yet powerful – build a “coast to coast rock highway” to help American commerce and agriculture.

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Village Garden in bloom

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Things are growing in the Village Garden. Here's some of the colors in bloom this week.

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Bigfoot coming to Ada on Thursday (at the library)

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Bigfoot is coming to Ada on Thursday. The Ada Public Library hosts a program on Bigfoot presented by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

Mark Maisel, an Ohio Northern University graduate and member of BFRO, will present the program at 6 p.m., which is free and open to the public.

He will share Bigfoot siting information, share about the organization's research and also play audio clips of Bigfoot.

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Kiwanis Key Leader presentation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Shelby Hazelton (left) and Mackenzie Wills, Ada High School students, attended the Kiwanis Key Leader program weekend earlier this spring. They reported to the Ada Kiwanis about the experience on June 11. The students told about how service leadership works and how students can become good leaders. The Ada Kiwanis Club sponsored the two to attend the program.

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ONU students can help you on Civic Engagement Day Aug. 24 - here's the details

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Do you have a service project around your home or business that would benefit from student volunteers from Ohio Northern University?

Ada Civic Engagement Day, where ONU students volunteer, is Saturday, Aug. 24. Ada businesses and residents may register for a volunteer to help out on that day.

The types of service projects include (these are examples):

• Painting
• landscaping
• planting trees
• cleaning
• cooking

Businesses and residents are responsible for providing materials, tools and instructions and supervision. Registration is underway now through Aug. 1. 

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Ada Icon garage sale ads may now include photos!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Ada Icon now accepts photos for its garage sale ads. Here's how it works:

All garage sale ads continue to be free, with no word limit. When sending a garage sale, send it to: [email protected].

Include ONE jpg of any item in your sale, or of a variety of garage sale items. (We can only post one photo.)

The photo will be posted with the ad. The Icon notifiies all garage sale advertisers the moment your ad is posted. Ads are posted the day they are received.

All garage sale ads are posted in the Ada Icon and the Bluffton Icon.

 

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