One of the Icon's favorite Ada Facebooks is Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery. Like the song goes, the Garvers seem to put new tunes on old pianos. Only the pianos in this case are chairs and sofas and other furniture. The two top photos represent a before and after. The bottom photos show front and back of one of their recent projects.
• Where did the 6-foot rule come from?
• How do we help kids cope with all the questions surrounding covid-19?
• What criteria would allow us to return to not having social distancing, wearing masks and enhancing disinfecting practices?
• Is this a short term virus, or is it like the flu that will continue to show up seasonally?
These questions and host of others are addressed in a locally-created online resource made available to the public this month.
A team effort by Ohio Northern University Heterick Library librarians and several members of the Ada SAFE group created the resource.
This week’s featured Ada Icon Veggie Garden belongs to the Hibbard family who live on Bentley Road just west of Ada.
Ada area residents may remember Kyle’s vegetable stand on North Main near Kingswood Apartments.
He has since graduated, married, and moved to their present home on Bentley Road where his family continues to grow a variety of vegetables in a very large garden. Tending all those plants takes work, and the whole family helps. Pictured are Becca and Kyle Hibbard, and their children Aubrey (2) and Kendall (almost 1).
Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons.
These range from part-time to full-time openings and include:
• New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center
• Bluffton University
• Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
• GROB Systems
• Mercy Health
• Machine operators through Patrick Staffing
• Bluffton law office
• Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta
• The Dough Hook
• Wendy’s Restaurant
• Blanchard Valley Heath Systems
• Ohio Northern University
• Ohio Means Jobs
Yes, July was hotter than most Julys we’ve experience, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The July, 2020, average temperature was 77.1 degrees, or 4.4 degrees warmer than the July average of 72.7 degrees.
And, it rained less this July than in previous Julys. July, 2020, had 2.38 inches of rainfall. That’s 1.42 inches less than the average July rainfall of 3.8 inches.
July’s temperatures experienced a range of 36 degrees with the high of 95 recorded on July 6 and the low of 59 recorded on July 14.
July’s hottest period was from July 3 through July 9 when each of the highest daily temperatures reached 91 or higher.
