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Area wheat harvest above average; soybeans and corn also look good

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 17, 2014

“Good quality wheat and an above average yield.”

That’s one way to describe the 2014 wheat harvest in the Icon viewership area.

Larry Kaiser, manager Ada grain branch of Heritage Cooperative, provide the Icon with some of this year’s harvest figures.

Kaiser reports yields ranging from 65 to 90 bushels per acre, with an average of about 80 bushels per acre. Moisture content average was 15.2 percent mostly (13.5 percent is dry).

The first wheat arrived at the Ada elevator on July 5 and the harvest should be completed by the end of this week.

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Meyer Hall of Science was first called Basic Sciences Building

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Here's more of our Ada past and present series created by Bailey Bowers.

Pictured here is the rear side of ONU’s Meyer Hall of Science, located on Lincoln Avenue. 

Meyer Hall was named for the university’s seventh president, Samuel Lewis Meyer.

Construction began in November 1968 and the building was dedicated Oct. 3, 1970. The building cost roughly $3,200,000. Originally, the structure was called the Basic Sciences Building, since it was home to the biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics departments.

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Ada is a biker's paradise on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The bikers are coming to Ada on Saturday.

There could be as many as 300 – all on 10-speeds and similar varieties. Their arrival is part of the annual Young’s Ice Cream Charity Bike Tour, an 83-mile (one way) jaunt from Yellow Springs to Ada and return.

CLICK HERE to visit Young's website to learn more about the event.

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County's five-year strategic plan explained in Ada Wednesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Vision: Unite our community heritage with new growth, expansion, innovation and talent for Hardin County to become a model community in northwest Ohio.

Ada CIC members will hear first-hand about that vision, which is part of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance five-year strategic plan.

The session is part of CIC’s monthly meeting, open to the public is at noon in the Dean’s Heritage Room (Conference Room 7) in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University.

Representatives of the county chamber and business alliance will make the presentation in Ada.

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It's time to enter the Icon photo contest!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 11, 2014

Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest. Here we are at the end!

OPEN THE ATTACHMENT BELOW TO SEE ALL THE LETTERS ONE MORE TIME!

For persons wanting to review all photos, you will find them on the attachment at the bottom of this story.

The 10 letters spell out "T H E   A D A  I C O N." Clever, right?

The photos or numbers are taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.

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Anything on wheels? Yes, Saturday for a good cause

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 10, 2014

Anything with Wheels!

That's right, Saturday, July 12, is the third annual "Anything with Wheels" Country Church Run with proceeds going to ReStore Community Center Beacon Fund. The fund provides emergency funds for rent, prescriptions and emergency medical needs.

Here's how it works:

The start and finish is at ReStore, 210 N. Main St., Ada. Registration is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Participants should return by 4:30 p.m.

The event includes door prizes, a 50/50 drawing, prizes for the first three highest scores and lowest scores, plus bug targets.

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