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By Paula Pyzik Scott

On Saturday, July 11, car, truck, bike and import vehicle owners wil gather at Ada's War Memorial Park for a little friendly competition at the annual Park in the Park show organized by Ada VFW Post 9381. The following information was provided by VFW Auxiliary president J.D. Fleece 

Registration will be open from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., with awards presented at 4:00 p.m. Registration is $15 per entry.

The event's major raffle will be a Sarka custom fire ring.

Park in the Park is made possible by the following sponsors.

Culvert replacement planned

MEDIA RELEASE__ODOT District 1 has announced the following traffic advisory:

State Route 235 between County Road 20 and Township Road 30 will close Monday, July 20, for approximately five days for a culvert replacement.

The marked detour route will be SR 81 to U.S. 68 to U.S. 30, back to SR 235.

FROM FACEBOOK__The Hardin County Board of Elections posted that a pseudo-official looking voter registration mailing was brought to its attention on July 2.

Director Amy Purcell told the Icon that registered voters and family members of deceased voters contacted the board regarding letters they received from Ready to Register, Inc.. Purcell recommends that individuals use the official VoteOhio.gov website to determine if they are registered.

Compiled by Liz Gordon-Hancock

The following 12 land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in June 2026 as reported on the websites of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.

ADDRESS - SALE DATE - SALE PRICE - LAND USE - FROM/ TO

Agricultural

Ada Public Library photos

FROM FACEBOOK__The Ada Public Library has added 158 books to its stacks thanks to a grant from the State Library of Ohio and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

The collection of books has been added to the children's, tweens and teens collections thanks to the Celebrating Ohio Book Authors award. The library has posted that it's "beyond thankful and excited for this amazing grant."

Check out the new books at Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main Street, Ada, Ohio.

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