The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Community Health Professionals conference room, according to Deb Curlis, chamber president.
"Summer is going fast and its time to discuss upcoming events for the rest of the year," she said. " Guests from the Hardin County Business Alliance will be at the August meeting.
Charles Van Dyne joined a special group of Ada residents as announced in a surprise at the recent Kiwanis Club meeting.
The club announced that it has planted a tree at the Ada park in Van Dyne’s honor.
Here’s a list of some of the community projects that Van Dyne assisted in during his professional career in Ada.
• Service including the Ada Kiwanis Club, Hardin County Community Foundation, the Hardin County Bar Association for over 50 years and the Benevolent and Fraternal Order of Elks.
• Van Dyne has also served at a sitting Hardin County Judge and has practiced law in Ada for many years.
USTA Junior Team Tennis was the craze in Ada last week. Instruction and matches took place at the Ohio Northern University courts.
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
The Icon visited the games. Bailey Bowers provided a scrapbook of photos. Icon viewers may view the photos by opening the attachment at the bottom of this story.
A public hearing is set for 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 5, in the Ada council chambers to hear a zoning change request for a proposed nursing home in Ada.
The request is to rezone property to Commercial I.
The property is located on the north side of State Route 81 across from the Ada Schools.
Some of the information about the proposed nursing home was shared at the June Ada CIC meeting.
At that meeting it was announced that the proposal is to construct an 80-bed facility with 32 assisted living rooms on an 18.5-acre site. The facility would include 55,000 square-feet of space on one floor.
Have you ever wondered whose statue it is on the ONU campus, just off Main Street? It's Dr. Henry Solomon Lehr, founder of what is today Ohio Northern Unversity. The statue was erected in 2007. For some background of this famous Ada resident read the feature by Icon intern Sarah Bender by clicking here.
