Buy Ada First committee's Music on Main, traditionally a Friday evening event in the Depot Park, moved to noontime on Tuesday.
Monty Siekerman represented The Icon and provides this story with photos at the bottom of the story.
Music on Main included a joint meeting of two service clubs...Becky Neville, realtor, president of Rotary Club, and John Berg, educator, president of Kiwanis Club.
Weather was perfect, sunny and mild, for the outdoor gathering of the club members, their spouses, and the public.
Here are the candidates for queen of the 2015 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Festival.
The candidates were judged on three written essays and a personal interview. The queen will be announced Saturday, Sept. 19, at noon, at the entertainment area located at Cole’s Motor Lot in down town Ada as a part of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Festival.
Back row…left to right:
• Senior, Sidney Faine, daughter of Jodi and Bill Faine
• Senior, Alexis Gonder, daughter of Mollie and Scott Gonder
• Junior, Libbie Milks, daughter of Mike and Beth Milks
Ohio Northern University will celebrate Homecoming 2015 from Sept. 25-27. All alumni, friends, family, faculty and students are welcome to attend.
With its “Let the Good Times Roar” theme, Homecoming weekend will kick off on Friday, Sept. 25, with a Law Alumni Luncheon at 11 a.m. and Law PAD CLE at 1 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., former athletes will be honored during the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet.
The ONU Choral Collage will perform in the Snyder Hall Recital Hall in Presser Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday.
ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a celebration of choral music as part of the ONU Homecoming festivities in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The evening’s program will begin with the ONU Men’s Chorus presenting a variety of glee club pieces, and the ONU Women’s Chorus will follow with popular musical settings voiced for women.
The ONU Chamber Singers will offer an assortment of styles in both Latin and English. Finishing the program will be the University Singers with music in German and English and a spiritual by Moses Hogan.
Twenty seven members of the 1965 graduating class of Ada High School met over the weekend for their 50th year class reunion.
They attended the Ada-Lima Central Catholic football game on Friday night as guests of the school, then enjoyed a pizza party hosted by Gary and Charlotte Ludwig.
On Saturday evening they gathered for a dinner at The Inn at Ohio Northern University.
Class members attending were:
Front from left, Mary Hueston Ralston, Patty Long Badertscher, Joanna Roof Klingenberger, Jane Helser, Charlotte Willeke Brown, Judi Brown Ludwig, Diane Hackworth Spradlin, Drenda Hathaway Metzger.
Enjoy warm and fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts for breakfast at the Harvest andvHerb Festival Saturday, Sept. 19.
Krispy Kreme doughnuts may be pre-ordered for $6 per dozen from Ada music students prior to Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Orders must be prepaid. Checks may be made payable to the Ada Music Boosters. Prepaid doughnut orders will be available at the Ada Music Booster booth at the Harvest and Herb Festival.
Funds raised will support Ada instrumental and vocal music programs.
annual membership drive for the Ada Music Boosters is continuing throughout the fall. With the help of the Ada community, the Music
Despite a solid game from Bulldog quarterback Seth Conley, a late Ethan O'Connor touchdown gave Lima Central Catholic a lead they would not relinquish as the visiting Thunderbirds defeated the Ada Bulldogs 22-20. The tough, non-conference loss was Ada's first, dropping their season record to 2-1.
Both teams showed offensive fireworks early on, scoring 36 of the game's combined 42 points in the first half. LCC struck first as T-Bird quarterback O'Connor connected with Sammy Santaguida on a 31-yard scoring strike with just over five minutes to play in the first. The extra point was blocked, leaving LCC with the 6-0 lead.
Freshman Will Freed threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate game to lead Ohio Northern to a 29-22 football victory over Utica (N.Y.) in its 2015 season opener Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0, while the Pioneers fall to 1-1.
Freed completed 27-of-36 passes and TD scores of 73, 56 and 8 yards in his college debut, marking the first time a freshman quarterback started a game for Ohio Northern since Ed Chessar in 1987.
His 439 yards passing is the second-most in ONU history, trailing only the record 452-yard effort by Shane Franzer at Hanover (Ind.) in the 1999 playoffs.
ReStore Community Center receives many donations on a daily basis, which the organization appreciates. But the Center has become a dumping ground for some people.
Bags of trash, dirty paper plates, etc. have been received recently.
Even mattresses have been left leaning against the building even though a sign, with large print, clearly states that mattresses are not accepted.
Dana Walters, executive director, asked the Ada Icon to publish this statement:
