Here are Ken Collins photos of early July scenes in Ada taken with 35-mm film, you know, the old fashioned camera with Real Film that you have to get printed or have a darkroom of your own. Nearly everyone has a camera with them nowadays since nearly everyone has a cell phone or computer tablet. Most cameras that require film are stored away in a drawer gathering dust...waiting for the time they qualify for entry into a museum.
Ada Area Chamber of Commerce members will get an update on the proposed Ada dog park this week.
The chamber meeting, open to the public, is at 8 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, in McIntosh Center on the ONU campus, according to David Dellifield, chamber president.
Due to construction, the breakfast meeting takes place in the Bear Cave. Persons attending should use the parking lot west of The Inn and enter on the south entrace of McIntosh at the double-door entrance.
By Monty Siekerman
Drew Mowery, 2, sits among a display of large mushrooms in the 200 block of West North Avenue last week (they have since been mowed down).
He's the son of Eric and Jessica Mowery. Wanting to know more about the mushrooms, the Ada Icon turned to Curtis Young, Ph.D., who lives not far away.
He has seen the mushrooms pop up in the yard for many years and could readily identify the variety and tell us something about it. In fact, they also grow in his yard.
By Monty Siekerman
Sandy Neely began teaching Red Cross swim lessons at the Ada pool on Monday...for the 49th year.
Yes, some of her 75 students this year are third generation children that Sandy has taught. She said she told the village that next year would be her last as instructor, so the village should begin searching for a Red Cross certified instructor.
The summer of 2018 will be her 50th year, that's one reason why she has been named Citizen of the Year in Ada in 2015.
