By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Part 1 of an Icon recycling story series
Ever wondered where your refuse and recycling goes?
Republic Services is Ada’s refuse and recycling provider. It is a large-scale, nationwide company, with a local team based in Lima. Republic Services collects and recycles over five million tons of material annually. It also serves Bluffton, Lima, Ottawa and Carey, among other area villages. The village of Ada has contracted its services until this November, when the contact is up for renewal.
When your refuse is collected from your curb, it goes to a landfill in Carey.
A public auction of a country home, 1721 Hancock County Road 29, the Willis Anderson property, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, according to Walter Brothers auctioneers/realtors.
The auction includes personal property at 10 a.m. and real estate at noon. For a complete list of auction items see the attached display ad.
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s will hold an inaugural neuroscience and trauma symposium Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3-4, at the Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center, Lima.
The conference brings experts from across the region and country to talk about these fields.
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Dog Park Association has set another doggy play date, this one for 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4 at the new Ada Dog Park.
The off-leash park for dogs is located near the end of East Lehr Avenue (turn east at the Church of Christ on Main Street). The large park has two fenced-in areas, one for small dogs and one for large dogs. There is a shelter house and water available. Bring balls or a Frisbee, if you wish.
About a dozen dogs were on hand for the first doggy play date a couple of weeks ago for exercise, socialization, and just plain fun. They were of many breeds, ages, colors, and sizes there.
By Monty Siekerman
Shortly after it was opened, the walking/jogging/running path at ONU was tagged the Green Monster.
It’s route around campus, mostly on the outskirts, covers 3.5 miles and is mostly painted green.
The “Monster” has been around enough to be renewed. This week the employees of Elite Painting and Sealcoating of Lima are sealing and repainting the popular path which is used by students, faculty, staff as well as the community.
Here, Doug Gallaspie of Elite works on the improvement on Thursday afternoon near Klingler Road.
A dozen cranes dot the skyline of Tampa because 35,000 additional residents move there every year, but Ada is on the move, too. This tall crane lifts large beams to workers to put in place for the ONU College of Engineering Building. This is the most expensive structure to be built in Ada’s history. The $30 million project will double the space for engineering education compared to the present facility. The new home for engineering will open in the fall of 2019. (Monty Siekerman photo)
