The Ada Public Library will be offering free Zumba classes throughout September and October.
According to Amanda Bennett, library director, licensed Zumba instructor Lynne Scott will offer the first orientation class this Saturday, August 31 at 11 a.m..
Classes will then begin on Saturday, September 14 at 11 a.m. and run each Saturday thereafter through Saturday, October 26. Each class will run roughly 40 minutes.
For more information, contact the library at (419) 634-5246.
Nancy Marie (Poe) Yoakam, age 73, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 9:05 am at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born on February 26, 1940 in Hardin County, Ohio to Edward and Susie (Allen) Poe and they preceded her in death. On June 8, 1957 she married Harold L. Yoakam and he survives in Alger.
Nancy was a homemaker and she previously worked at Dave's Market in Kenton for several years. She was a member of the McGuffey Church of Christ. Nancy was a graduate of the McGuffey High School class of 1957 and she previously attended Hi-Point in accounting. Nancy was a former member of the Upper Scioto Valley School Board for four years.
The Ada school website has a change this year in the manner that parents' access the site for student's Progress Book Gradebook data.
Parents are now able to create and manage their own user accounts with an individual Registration Key. Due to this change your old login information from previous year's is no longer valid.
Parents in grades one through five should have receive their registration keys in letter form in their child's book bag on Aug. 26. Parents in grades six through 12 will receive their letters through the mail soon.
The Ohio Northern University gallery program opens its 2013-14 art exhibition and gallery season at the Elzay Gallery of Art with an international traveling show titled “Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books Project (MIMB) II.” More than 100 unique and subtly created object books are featured in the second version of MIMB. The exhibit runs Sept. 3 through Oct. 25.
Hui-Chu Ying, professor of art at the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron, and its main exhibition space, the Emily Davis Gallery, coordinated this exhibition.
The Ohio Northern University athletic training program has received the maximum continuing accreditation award of 10 years from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
The ONU program has met all of the nationally recognized Standards for Accreditation of Professional Athletic Training Programs as set by the CAATE. The award resulted from a comprehensive evaluation of the ONU athletic training program, including a self-study and on-site visit in February 2013. ONU’s program was initially accredited in 1998.
The Ada Icon is currently working on the September-October Ada Highlights calendar of events, distributed by the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC).
Persons who have events that are open to the public and take place within the Ada school district should send the information to:
Imagine a program that matches Ada kindergarteners through eighth graders with a college student mentor.
Such a program exists.
Ada Friends, organized in 1991 through the Ohio Northern University Religious Life staff, last school year matched 74 Ada students with college mentors. Applications for this school year’s program are now being accepted, according to Jerrod Amstutz, an ONU senior, student coordinator.
The ONU Religious Life Staff is under the dirction of David MacDonald, ONU chaplain.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's 28th annual Ada Harvest and Herb Festival is closer than you think!
This year's festival is Saturday, Sept. 21, in downtown Ada. Booths registrations are begin accepted and details about this year's festival are now available.
Two attachments at the bottom of this story provide a copy of the booth application form and the booth regulations and requirements.
Persons with specific questions about booths at this year's event may contact Scott and Arlene Allison, at 419-634-1144.
The Allen County Master Gardener Association will be hosting The Butterfly Migration Celebration on Sunday, September 8, 2013 beginning at 2:00 p.m. at The Children’s Garden in Lima.
This unique event features the release of dozens of monarch butterflies; butterfly-themed children’s activities; an educational butterfly presentation and much more.
The Children’s Garden is currently funded exclusively by donations and is staffed by volunteers. The Allen County Master Gardener Association relies on the support of the community to continue maintaining the garden and offering educational opportunities to the residents of the region.
