A little drizzle doesn't stop gardeners from gardening or learning more about plants.
During a light shower last week the members of the Kenton Garden Club toured the Ada Depot gardens. Gardener Monty Siekerman explained how the downtown garden originated and told about some of the plants.
There are more than 100 varieties of annuals and perennials. Some of his new favorites this year include banana tree and pentas.
Sam Shriver of WLIO-TV interviews Zach Bragg during Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day on Saturday.
Zach, whose summer job is working with a landscaping firm, helped at the Railroad Park gardens. About 300 incoming first-year students and faculty members volunteered in the community for two hours on Saturday morning.
By Amy Eddings
Note: Ada chamber members held a "broom presentation" last week to the owners of Crafted by Us.
The "us" in Crafted by Us at 117 S. Main St., the newest business to open in Ada's historic downtown, is a trio of creative women: Terry Sayre, 48, and her daughters Brittany Galens, 28, and Marquita Metzger, 19.
"We all just wanted a store," said Sayre, "We just never had one."
The threesome, from Holland, a village west of Toledo, said they've talked for years of having a place to display and sell their handiwork.
Terry paints and loves to re-purpose flea market finds.
Renovation is completed and the first floor of ONU's Heterick Library opened in time for new-student orientation. Icon photographer Ken Collins went inside to get "oriented" with these photos.
