The venerable sycamore tree, located near the Ada Theater, got a new lease on life Friday when the tree commission voted to spend about $2,400 to keep it going.
The tree is a fixture in the heart of downtown Ada, estimated to be 120 years old. It has lace bug problems and needs trimming for the safety of nearby property and passersby along the road and sidewalk.
The tree is in front of 211 S. Main, a house recently bought by Matt Brown. He wrote the commission asking for advice on saving the tree and safety aspects.
The commission accepted the proposal from Tawa Tree Service after Brad Brooks, certified arborist, studied the tree and its problems.
Little Lily Raines shows 'em how it's done as she directs an ONU band Friday at Railroad Depot Park. Lily is the one and a half year old daughter of Jamie and Amanda Raines of Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Led by the Rev. David E. MacDonald, students, staff and faculty observed the National Day of Prayer with a ceremony in front of McIntosh Center earlier this week. (Photo from ONU Facebook)
By Monty Siekerman
A video presentation of the remembrances of the Kiss concert at ONU will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, exactly 40 years after the performance. The program, free and open to the public, will be held in Dicke Building.
A class taught by Jimmy Wilson has worked this semester in researching the event and interviewing those who attended.
People are coming from all over the local area and from far away, such as San Francisco, to see the concert documentary.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Amy Rose and Tim Laubis are into rescues...not the usual pet rescues but they have saved a caboose and a statue from the trash heap.
And, for their engagement, Tim gave Amy Rose a rock...literally, a 16-ton rock, but more about that later.
The caboose has been on their property since 2007; the statue of a Crusade knight on a horse has been there since 2009.
Both have had considerable notice by passersby the past few years since their property is located on busy State Route 81, just east of the school.
It’s better to grow up in Hardin or Hancock County when it comes to a child’s odds of improving his or her economic lot in life than it is to live in Allen County.
These are the findings of a new study by Harvard researchers Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendrin. The New York Times, in reporting the findings on Tuesday, said the study, “The Effects of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility," is “the first with enough data to compare upward mobility across metropolitan areas,” and provides “the most powerful evidence so far” about factors that appear to keep people stuck in poverty.
