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The Cadets move into town this weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 2, 2017

Music will soon fill the air throughout Ada.

Once again, the Cadets arrive in Ada to prepare for their national tour. The drum and bugle corps will practice on campus in small groups and as a whole from sunup to sundown beginning Monday.

They will have a public performance near the end of their stay on June 20, but the date and time have not been set yet. (Monty Siekerman)

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Everything you need to know about the Ada pool

Prices, hours, Zumba, swim lessons and swim team
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 2, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Cassie Collins (left) is Ada Pool manager this year while Kathy Stuart is assistant manager. Both ladies served as assistant managers last year and are former members of the Ada Gators swim team.

The pool will be open every day from 1-8 p.m., except on Wednesdays when it will close an hour early for Zumba aqua swim led by Lynne Scott again this year. Zumba aquaswim will also be held from noon-1 p.m. on Saturdays beginning June 10.

There is also lap swim  on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for adults and toddlers for $1.

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Free picnics for kids begin Monday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, June 1, 2017

The Picnics in the Park for local children will begin Monday, June 5.

Sponsored by ReStore Community Center, the free meals will be available at a shelter house at War Memorial Park from noon until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday until Aug. 4.

Several activities of interest to youth are planned during the picnic time throughout the summer.

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Fewer bumps in the road on the way

Here's the summer street repair program
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 30, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
For Ada travelers, there will be fewer bumps in the road (if only life were that way).

Bluffton Paving Company will set up shop on Wednesday to pave several streets. Four areas of roadway will be milled, then repaved.

There will be no parking posted from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. on the soon-to-be improved streets. The work will be accomplished in only three days, weather permitting.

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June and July in Ada!

Why leave town with all these events planned
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Ada doesn't take a vacation in June or July.

There are many events on the Hometown Happenings Icon calendar in the next 61 days.

The events range from Vacation Bible Schools, summer reading activities at the library, Fireside Friday's at The Inn at ONU and an Ada High School alumni banquet.

Darlene Bowers creates Hometown Happenings. The calendar is printer friendly and ready to be posted on your refrigerator or bulletin board.

Please open the attachment at the bottom of this story to discover Ada's June and July activities.

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GOT A HMI

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 30, 2017

This can only mean that there's a Hemi engine under the hood. The Icon spotted this plate in a Bluffton University parking lot on a dark blue Dodge Magnum RT.

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