This summer’s Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival has a new look with several new features.
Chris DiBiasio, chair of the event, updated the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce members during the chamber’s June meeting.
Here’s a summary of the festival so far:
The festival is Saturday, Aug. 24. It opens with the Wilson’s annual garage sale from 8 a.m. to noon.
In the morning is a scrimmage featuring Ada versus Perry at ONU’s Dial Robertson Stadium. Following that scrimmage, ONU will scrimmage Triune University of Angola, Ind.
The Ohio No-Till Council and OSU Extention will hold an information meet in Ada on Thursday for area farmers who have unplanted acres and need information about what to do with these fields, according to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin extension office.
The meeting is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.
Badertscher said that the meeting will address answers about crop insurance, weed control and cover crops.
Resource persons attending:
• Jeff Stachler, OSU Extension Auglaize County, will discuss weed control on prevented planting acres.
Ada Area Chamber of Commerce membership reached a new high this month as four new businesses became members, according to Deb Curlis, chamber director.
Bringing membership to 86, the newest members are:
• Ada Physical Therapy, with new owner Tracy Scalfara
• Blanchard Place Assisted Living, Kenton
• Rhonda Crouse, realtor with King Thompson Realtors
• Dan Newkirk of Heapy Engineers
These members were introduced at the June 19 chamber breakfast held in Ada Public Library. Natalie Walton of the library staff updated members of this summer’s reading program (see photo above).
We all know where Neil Armstrong was – standing on the moon.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Neil Armstrong moon landing, the Icon invites viewers to submit accounts of where they were, and what they remember about the event.
Send your recollections - no matter how brief - to [email protected].
We will collect all the stories and post them on July 20.
Consistent rains across Ohio and the Corn Belt continue to delay planting progress as the June 17 USDA Planting Progress report showed that 68% of intended corn acres and 46% of intended soybean acres have been planted in Ohio.
Nationwide, roughly 27 million acres of corn and soybeans will either be planted or filed under prevented planting insurance.
Across Ohio, the Final Plant Date (FPD) for soybeans is June 20. Soybeans can be planted after the FPD, but a one percent reduction in the insurance guarantee occurs.
