Ada's latest news

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There's a new sport in Ada and the first game will be played next Saturday.

The Ohio Northern men's and women's lacrosse teams will open their inaugural seasons with a double header on Saturday, Feb. 27,  at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bear men, under the guidance of Nat St. Laurent, will play the first-ever game in program history at 1 p.m. against Franciscan.

The Polar Bear women will follow with their first-ever contest at 4 p.m. against Olivet (Mich.) under head coach Beth Hemminger.

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Community Health Professionals will be hopping next weekend. CHP will hold an inside garage sale Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27. Persons may rent a table for $10 to display items and must be present during open hours to take care of your own sales.
Set up is Thursday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale hours are: • Friday, Feb. 26: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Saturday, Feb. 27: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main St., 419-634-7443 for details. (Ken Collins photo)

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ArtSpace/Lima will host the 28th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational from Feb. 26 to April 9.

The exhibition, which will feature cash awards, includes works in various categories, including sculpture, photography, painting, digital media, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, and drawing.   The Kewpee Exhibit is sponsored by Kewpee Restaurants of Lima.

Approximately 20 area high schools, including Ada, are expected to exhibit their students’ work in the show.

Jurors for the exhibit are Jim Fultz, Assistant Professor of Art at Bluffton University and Joe Bonifas, retired art teach at Shawnee High School.

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Volunteers are needed for assisting participants in the ‘Delay the Disease’ Parkinson’s program at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

MMH offers this free exercise program to those in the Bluffton community dealing with the effects of Parkinson’s as a means to ‘Delay the Disease’ through movement, flexibility and mobility.

Volunteers will be under the guidance of certified ‘Delay the Disease’ instructors at all times.  Help is needed on Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. The sessions last about an hour.

If interested in this volunteering position, call Mary Ann Ring, volunteer coordinator at  419-358-1015, extension 248.

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Ada has experienced a week of wind. One way to demonstrate this is to look at the flags waving in the Ada park. Ken Collins took this windy flag photo earlier this week.

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By Monty Siekerman
As I see it, Fred Steiner is an Innovator.

He began The Ada Icon a mere four years ago. In that short time, his efforts at founding this online means of communication garnered him and his wife Mary the award Business of the Year in Ada.

He accomplished that feat without being here 50 or 100 years. It took less than four years. Why?

Because The Ada Icon (and The Bluffton Icon, too) are effective in many ways.

The Icons build a sense of community in a village. People often report to me, "I didn't know all of that was happening in Ada."

This village is only about one square mile in size, but much goes on here.

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