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Roatarians raise a flag

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Ada Rotarians, with the assistance of Mayor Dave Retterer, raised a flag at the Railroad Park on Tuesday in commemoration of World Polio Day. Holding the flag are Rotarians Jamie Hall (left) and Bob Ward. David Quammen, an author who lives in Montana, spoke at the club meeting prior to the flag raising.

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ONU is calling all Halloweeners on Tuesday

Registration starts 5 p.m. in McIntosh
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 23, 2017

The annual trick or treat event at Ohio Northern will begin with registration at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24 in the McIntosh Center activities room. ONU students will then lead the youngsters through residence halls beginning at 5:15 p.m. 

The event will also include dinner at 6 p.m. in the McIntosh Center ballroom and a costume contest and raffle at 6:30 p.m. before wrapping up at approximately 7 p.m.

 The event, which is open to area children, is free and open to the public. Children of all ages are encouraged to dress up and join the fun. All children must be accompanied by an adult to attend the festivities. The outing is presented by ONU’s office of residence life.

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PLRBARE

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 23, 2017

PLRBARE - You'll expect a plate like this to show up sooner or later. The Icon spotted this on a Ford Explorer Sport in the city building parking lot.

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This Ada garden "goes to bed" for the winter

It's the Village Garden
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 22, 2017

Despite summer like temperatures, five strong and helpful young men from the Phi Mu Delta Fraternity on Ohio Northern's Campus arrived at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, to help winterize the Village Garden.

The garden wasn't quite through producing this year and as the ONU students pulled, cut and upended all the vegetation, they discovered lingering 'fruit on the vine'. "I've never seen a harvest go this long!" said Karen Ward, coordinator of the Garden.

If this continues the winterizing may have to be pushed back to November. The Village Garden is an offshoot project sponsored by The ReStore Center of Ada.

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New water and sewer lines coming...and much more

Estimated cost $1.1 million
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 20, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
A portion of Willeke Avenue will have new water and sanitary sewer lines, the road will be improved, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks installed...but at a cost.

The work is estimated to cost about $1.1 million, and homeowners may be assessed for part of the cost, about $6,000 per lot.

The project will help with the street flooding during rains. The water and sewer lines are very old.

The area considered phase 1 extends from Ackerman to Orders, which is the east portion of Willeke. The remainder of the street will be phase 2, which is still in the planning stages.

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All the music you can eat on Nov. 4

2,000 visitors coming to Ada Music Booster's 40th annual Music Feast Show Choir Invitation
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 19, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Nearly 2,000 people – entertainers, spectators, and volunteers – are expected to walk through the doors of Ada Schools during the 40th annual Ada Music Feast Show Choir Invitational Competition on Saturday, Nov. 4.

The show choir competition is one of the longest-running exhibitions of its kind and each year draws some of the top high school singers/dancers in Ohio and Indiana.

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