June 2015

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Topp Chalet, 229 W. Fifth St., Delphos, will host this month’s Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 16.

After attendees order dinner individually from the menu, a small business meeting will take place and then the group will travel to 327 S. Bredeick St. in Delphos around 7:15 p.m. to visit the former home of world renowned astronomer, Leslie Peltier.

Jack and Peggy Adams are the current owners of the home Peltier called "Brookhaven" and are in the process of updating and restoring the home to eventually turn it into a bed and breakfast.

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Get out your lawn chair and head to the depot park on Friday evening.

Music on Main returns to Ada Friday night, June 12, thanks to efforts of the Buy Ada First ad-hoc group.

Activities center around the depot park and visitors are encouraged to visit downtown businesses.

Here's the activities planned:
• 5 p.m. - Small business vendor show in the depot
• Free ice cream provided by Dietsche Brothers - until supply lasts
• 6 to 8 p.m. music by Kwik Fire - sponsored by Liberty National Bank
• Rotary Club chicken barbecue - pickup at Hays Insurance parking lot

The next Music on Main is Friday, July 10.

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Miss Vicki’s Music Studio, 2613 State Route 81, Ada, is now accepting registrations for its Summer Sounds Choral Festival planned for Monday to Friday, Aug. 3-7, according to Vicki Mills, studio owner.

Grace Gospel Church, 321 N. Gilbert St., Ada, is the location of the week-long festival.

The festival is for second to fourth graders and fifth to eighth graders. Sessions are daily from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday to Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.

Singing, special instruments, music games, movement, arts and crafts and a community concert is part of the festival, according to Mills. “It will be lots of fun,” she said.

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By Riley Fleece

The Hardin County Hootenannies met at  Miranda Holbrook's place.  President Isaac Davis opened  and asked Riley Fleece to lead the 4-H Pledge after Seth Davis was to begin the American Pledge.  Secretary Miranda Holbrook took roll call with members telling their favorite time of the year. There were seven members present.

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It was 45 sports seasons ago. Here's the Ada High School Pep Club from the 1969-70 school year.

Open the photo to read the names of the members.

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Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, announces the following features for the month of June:

●Beer-Poached Swordfish Steak in sauce over white beans, roasted tomato, baby carrots and olives

●Seasoned Pork Chops with smoked gouda grits, fried cabbage, arugula and balsamic blackberry sauce

●Cajun Shrimp Carbonara with andouille sausage, bacon, tomato, peppers, shrimp and gorgonzola

●Chicken Ranch Flatbread—our house ranch dressing, mozzarella, seared chicken, bacon, tomato, cheddar cheese, green onion

●Strawberry Mousse with ricotta cream and caramel

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New Leaf Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235 Ada, has some great gardening gifts for 'Green Thumb Dads' on Father's Day.

These range from gift certificates to fruit trees, garden tools, berry plants, OSU and Michigan items, bird houses, bird baths and feeders, to trees, shrubs and rose bushes.

In addition New Leaf has a large selection of gardening supplies.

Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for more details.

New Leaf
419-634-0351
www.newleafgc.com

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Ruth Roider will open the Gallery for the Arts with an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, at 115 S. Main St., the former location of Main Street Live.

She said the gallery is for supporting and promoting local artists/artisans. The shop will serve as a display space for artists to sell their works as well as a studio for her.

She hopes to have ceramics, jewelry, photography, paintings, and woodworking pieces, for example.

Village Council gave permission for her to display railroad memorabilia from the depot in her new venture.

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More than 80 people gathered on the Tundra Friday evening to watch "Frozen," the first Family Fun Night of the summer.

"Toy Story" will be shown free on July 3 at dusk (about 9:15 p.m.). The outdoor movie series is sponsored by the Freed Center for the Performing Arts and Bluffton Hospital.

ReStore sold popcorn, pop, and candy, making the movie-going experience authentic.
"Frozen" was shown on a hot summer day in Ada, but by nightfall the weather was pleasant. It was out with the blankets and lawn chairs to watch the 2013 Disney animated musical fantasy-comedy.

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Mark Light, Hardin County 4-H educator, provided the Icon with Hardin County poultry project updates. These updates are the 2015 plan in response to the Ohio Department of Agriculture ban on poultry exhibitions.

"In case you haven’t heard, in an aggressive move designed to help protect Ohio’s $2.3 billion poultry industry from the avian flu that has so negatively impacted other poultry-producing states, this past Tuesday, June 2  the Ohio Department of Agriculture canceled all live bird exhibitions this year," said Light.

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