S. Mark "Buck" Albright, 61, died Oct. 20, 2019, at Sanford Health in Bismarck, North Dakota. Mark was born May 23, 1958, in Elwood, Indiana, to the late Dale and Doris (Edds) Albright. On Nov. 22, 1995, he married Debra Garrison Albright who survives.
Mark graduated from Bluffton High School where he played football and wrestled and attended Ohio University. He was a communication engineer for Charter Communications, co-owned Albright's Antiques with his wife, and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Bluffton.
ADA - The injury-plagued Ada football team hosts Paulding this Friday in week nine.
The Panthers lost at home to a solid 7-1 Allen East squad 42-21 in week eight. The Bulldogs (2-6, 1-4 NWC), who dressed just 20 players last weekend, lost 63-12 at Crestview.
Paulding (3-5, 2-3 NWC) has won three of its last six games after starting the season with non-league losses to Wayne Trace (28-27) and Fairview (32-0).
Two 1992 Ada High School classmates, Troy Erickson and Billy Watterson, using the name Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC, intend to develop a distillery with a bar and restaurant and a greenhouse for growing hemp on a site in the Ada industrial park, bordering North Avenue.
The intended land purchase required action in two special Ada meetings. First, Ada council, passed an ordinance on Oct. 17, transferring the property to the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC). Next, CIC on Oct. 23 passed a motion entering a real estate agreement with Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC.
Just a reminder to Ada resident to get candy supplies in order. And, to those on the receiving end, here’s all the opportunities this month for Halloweening.
Monday – Oct. 28
Kiwanis Halloween parade. Registration takes place in the parking lot behind the municipal building on Buckeye Street at 5:30 p.m. The parade takes off at 6 p.m. and heads to the railroad depot.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will provide cookies and cider at the depot. Prizes will be presented in several categories that follow:
Costume categories follow:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original
Here's future Ada fire fighter Beckett Sleesman. The Icon photographed Beckett during the recent high school homecoming parade. Then, as things sometimes happen, we lost this photo in the shuffle. It's a twin photo to the next picture in this two-part series, You've seen the next photo featuring Quinn Hazelton in another fire truck photo posted Oct. 14.
The following Ada police reports were provided to the Icon by the Hardin County Sheriff’s office. They cover Oct. 16-21:
Oct. 16
Medical emergency, Vancrest
Traffic stop, E. Lincoln Ave.
Traffic stop, E. Highland Ave.
Fire alarm, Freed Center, ONU
Traffic stop, N. Main St.
Oct. 17
Medical emergency, 442 E. Highland Ave.
Fire alarm, McIntosh Hall, ONU
Traffic stop, N. Gilbert St.
Traffic stop, W. Buckeye Ave
Investigation, W. Dobbins Ave.
Traffic stop, W. Dobbins Ave.
Traffic stop, E. Ballard Ave.
