On November 12 a volunteer crew from Sigma Phi Epsilon helped clear the downtown of leaves dropped by the 120-year-old and 110-foot-tall sycamore that is located next to the Ada Theatre on Main Street. A local shopkeeper compared the influx of super-sized leaves to snow drifts.
The Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame has announced the 2020-21 honorees to be inducted at the eighteenth annual Agriculture Hall of Fame recognition banquet. The 2020-21 inductees include: Ronald E. Cronley, John Knedler, Ira Carl Marshall, Jerry McBride and Dave Russell. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7 at St. John's Evangelical Church, 211 East Carrol St., Kenton. The public is invited to honor these inductees and their families, and to recognize their many accomplishments.
The visiting Ada girls basketball team led late but lost 28-27 at McComb on a last-minute three-pointer in the season lidlifter Friday night, November 19.
The Lady Bulldogs led 18-14 at halftime and held a 23-20 advantage going into the fourth period.
But with McComb down 27-25, Panther Madison Schroeder canned a three-point goal with 14 seconds left to give the hosts a one-point lead.
Ada got off a potential winning shot in the final seconds, but missed.
Please send items of general public interest for the Ada Icon's December 2021 Community Calendar (https://www.adaicon.com/calendar) by Monday, November 29.
The Ada First Baptist Church, 350 W. North Ave., is hosting an Alzheimer's Association Effective Communication Strategies event from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 16.
The program will help participants "explore how communication changes when someone is living with Alzheimer’s, learn how to interpret the verbal and behavioral communication, and identify strategies to help you connect and communicate at each stage of the disease."
