There’s a book discussion group waiting for you this month at the Ada Public Library.
Four discussion options are available:
• Tween (4th-6th grades) Book Group
Thursday, March 5, 4 p.m.
“Artemis Fowl” (graphic novel) by Eoin Colfer; artwork by Andrew Donkin
• Teen (8th-12th grades) Book Group
Thursday, March 19, 4 p.m.
“Afterworlds,” by Scott Westerfield
• Adult Book Group Sorry you missed this one – but catch it in early April
Tuesday, March 3
“Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War,” by Mark Harris
Thanks to Liberty National Bank, the Ada Icon is its featured business in March. The Icon invites viewer to stop into the bank and check out our display
We have free Icon pencils (in Ada purple) and free Icon notepads. We also have information sheets showing some Icon viewer facts. Did you know that the Ada Icon has over 6,800 total views in a 30-day period? Those views are from over 3,700 individual viewers who look at a total of 13,600 Icon pages!
What's a Bull Bear?
The Konnor Baker story, which was highly popular on Ada Icon, taught us a new term: Bull Bear. Seems that Ada High School athletes who also become standout players at the local university are called Bull Bears, the partial name of each schools' mascots...AHS Bulldogs/ONU Polar Bears, clever idea.
Thanks to Conelia Sauvie Dixon, an alumna of both schools, a Bulldog and Polar Bear, hence a Bull Bear, for adding a new term to my lexicon.
Ada Roads
Ada has 21 miles of roads of roads, including village and state routes. That's like driving from here to Dunkirk and back.
On Feb. 20 and March 2 the Hardin County Crime Task Force conducted an underage sales of alcohol investigation at 20 county establishments that sell alcohol for consumption off premise, according to Hardin County Sheriff's Office.
According to the Sheriff's Office:
"This is done on a periodic basis throughout the county to ensure that minors are not being sold alcohol in our communities.
