Don and Jodi Brauen's fall gourd open house is this weekend. Located at 7140 Tom Fett Road, Bluffton, hours are:
• Saturday, Sept. 5
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 6
Noon to 3 p.m.
There's still time to enter this week's "write a caption" contest.
Put on your creative caps. The Icon invites viewers to write a caption for this photograph taken from the 1971 Ada High School yearbook.
We aren't looking for names of student in the photo. Instead, we are look for a creative caption that best describes the photo. Extra credit given for humor.
The winning caption writer will receive a 2-item, 16-inch 3 Brothers Family Pizza.
All entries must be emailed to: Caption Contest, in care of [email protected].
Ada Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds had two articles published recently on two different national hoop websites:
• CLICK HERE for his column on the similar careers of Phil Chenier and Phil Smith.
As a result of vandalism to the Ada depot, Ada’s council moved to close the depot park from dusk to dawn. The action took place at Tuesday’s council meeting.
According to Michael Harnishfeger, police chief, the depot was vandalized on Aug. 18 with graffiti. Words and images were spray painted on the depot. In addition, random vehicles in the community were also hit by vandalism.
The police have two juvenile suspects and charges against them will be filed in Hardin County Juvenile Court, according to Harnishfeger.
Attached at the bottom of this story are Hardin County Sheriff logs covering Aug. 26 to Sept. 2.
Ada High School graduate Coco McLaughlin, now an Ohio Northern University student, takes a study break with Jay Meyers, another ONU student. The two are outside Cosi on a warm August afternoon.
Ohio Northern University faculty recently received two 2020 Pinnacle Awards from the American Pharmacists Association Foundation.
ONU HealthWise, the campus and community wellness initiative, and Dr. David Nau, professor of social and administrative pharmacy and an ONU pharmacy alumnus, were the award recipients for two of the three annual categories.
ONU HealthWise received the 2020 award in the category of non-profit organizations, and Nau received the 2020 award in the category of individual career achievement.
