Ada's latest news

Ada First United Methodist Church invites Icon viewers to a quilt show at the church this weekend.

The show is from 1 to 3 p.m., sponsored by the United Methodist Women. Refreshments will be served.

 

Kenneth Collins captures autumn for Icon viewers before some of these familar sights fade into winter.

He provides:

• bumble bee on a flower
• grasshopper on a mum
• Squirrel storing nuts for winter
• Blue Jay - could be in your own back yard

  

Can you believe it?

The Ada Icon has 988 Facebook friends. We use it daily to attrace viewers to our site.

With 12 Friends to go to reach 1,000 it's time for a contest.

Here's how it works and here's what four viewers will win.(We suggest you hurry to "Friend" us because we add about 15 friends a week. So, timing is important.)

• To our 1,000th Facebook Friend - we'll give you two free cups of coffee plus two Ada Icon cinnamon buns at Northern on Main. (The idea is that you celebrate with a friend.)

The Ada Youth Wrestling Club will hold wrestling sign-ups on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Ada school cafeteria. The first sign-up day was Oct. 18, according to John McClain, coach.

The club is open to youth from Kindergarten through sixth grade. All experience levels from beginner to advanced are invited to participate. The club accepts boys and girls from Ada and all surrounding communities.

The Ada club is member of the Miami Valley Kids Wrestling Association (MVKWA), Dayton. Over 70 clubs are in the association and participate in weekly tournaments from December through February.

For more information contact McClain at 567-371-2953.

Ohio Northern University dedicated the newly renovated track and field and soccer complex as “Kerscher Stadium” during a ceremony prior to the ONU women’s soccer game against Capital University on Oct. 17.

The stadium is named in honor of Robert Kerscher and his wife, Barbara Kerscher. Robert Kerscher, a member of the ONU Board of Trustees, is the founder, retired chair and chief executive officer of Lexi-Comp Inc., an Ohio-based medical publisher.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ohio Northern in 1970 and his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University in 1978. He received an honorary degree from ONU in 2014.

Stolen 2005 Yamaha R1
This vehicle was taken from a garage on Lehr Avenue, Ada, sometime between Saturday night to Sunday morning, Oct. 17-18.

It is silver with red around the rims. Reward; $1,000. Persons with information contact Kelly Bolin, 567-825-2217.

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