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What did you read this summer - and look at all these announcements from Ada schools

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Summer is over, but the Ada school library wants to know what Ada students read over the summer. There's a contest with prizes involved.

Students are invited to stop in the media centerfor contest details and your chance to win. Students and staff will also be entered into a drawing for any new books checked out between now and Friday, Aug. 26.

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Extra dinners available while they last at Boosters Aug. 26 barbecue

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, August 23, 2016

There will be extra dinners available for the Ada Music Boosters annual barbecue on Friday, Aug. 26, before Ada’s first home football game with USV.  

To ensure you get a dinner, tickets can be pre-ordered through the Music Booster web page at www.AdaMusicBoosters.org. 

Dinners will be available at the Ada Park on Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; simply drive up in your car to be served.

The Ada Music Boosters chicken barbecue features a complete dinner for $8 each.

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Family of crafters opens store in downtown Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 22, 2016

By Amy Eddings
Note: Ada chamber members held a "broom presentation" last week to the owners of Crafted by Us.

The "us" in Crafted by Us at 117 S. Main St., the newest business to open in Ada's historic downtown, is a trio of creative women: Terry Sayre, 48, and her daughters Brittany Galens, 28, and Marquita Metzger, 19.  

"We all just wanted a store," said Sayre,  "We just never had one."

The threesome, from Holland, a village west of Toledo, said they've talked for years of having a place to display and sell their handiwork.  

Terry paints and loves to re-purpose flea market finds.

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The Pride of Ada has a new look

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, August 21, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

It's done!

The painting and renovation of the Pennsy caboose in the Railroad Park downtown is finished. Mayor Dave Retterer will rededicate the new-looking railcar at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, during Harvest and Herb Fest. All are welcome to attend.

Here, Daphnie Shaw, 4, gives her approval. She is the daughter of Rob and Brittany Shaw.

Children love to climb the stairs, peek in the windows, and turn the clanky-clank wheel. The caboose has a new roof, new lettering, was repainted inside and out, and glass windows were installed.

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Auditions set for Miss Vicki's Music Studio's JubilHeirs

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, August 19, 2016

Vicki Mills of Miss Vicki's Music Studio, Ada, announces that The JubilHeirs – a choir for singers ages 12 – 25, will now meet on Monday evenings from 6 – 8 p.m. 

"This auditioned, 4-plus-part treble voiced choir begins its fourth season on Sept. 19.  The JubilHeirs learn a variety of music, both sacred and secular," she told The Icon.

Recent performances in Ada and Findlay included songs from Mary Poppins, The Phantom of the Opera, as well as international folk songs in Japanese and French.

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Incoming frosh welcomed to campus

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 18, 2016

By Monty Siekerman
Incoming freshman were welcomed to campus Thursday morning during Moving in Day.

Several hundred faculty, staff, and upperclassmen students were on hand to greet the new Polar Bears, help unload their cars, and answer questions.

Here, students welcome their new friends at one intersection. Small groups of students cheered at every intersection near campus as the frosh and their parents drove in.

Orange and black cupcakes were handed out, as well. Once near their assigned residence hall, people were on hand to unload their possessions, show them to their rooms, and explain the events of the next few days.

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