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Tickets available for Ada Rotary Club's second annual picnic

The Ada Rotary Club is taking reservations for its second annual picnic prior to the patriotic pops concert on Saturday.

The picnic is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, July 6, at The Inn at ONU. Reservations are required for the dinner at $26 per person. Rotary members have tickets.

The regional summer tradition will continue when the Lima Symphony Orchestra celebrates Independence Day with its fifth annual Patriotic Pops Concert at 7 p.m. on July 6 at Ohio Northern University.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held on the sculpture mall east of McIntosh Center, between Presser and Weber halls.

They are having way too much fun this summer during the Ada Public Library summer reading program. Just last week a parachute either landed or took off on the library grounds. It was part of a UFO exercise.

A chat with Vicki Mills, conducting a Summer Sounds Choral Camp, July 15-19, and directing Noteworthy Community Choir during the patriotic pops concert

By Barb Lockard
Let your voice be heard! Owner of Miss Vicki’s Music Studio, Vicki Mills, has also devoted herself to a non-profit venture, the Noteworthy Community Choir. 

This summer, Mills is conducting Noteworthy’s first-ever Summer Sounds Choral Camp, July 15-19 at Ohio Northern University. 

“I want kids to come to camp and sing their hearts out,” Mills said.  “I want them to be able to move, create, and experience making music.”  

Mary Ann Jordan, 83, died July 2, 2019, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Mary Ann was born Aug. 30, 1935 in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Clarence and Geneva (Reichenbach) Fleming. On Sept. 17, 1956, she married Richard "Dick" H. Jordan who preceded her in death on March 8, 2019.

Apollo Career Center will begin the 2019-20 school year with new leadership in key positions. 

Tasha Sheipline, adult education director, has been selected as the high school director, over-seeing instructional and supervisory staff, curriculum, discipline, and the entire high school experience for students while they attend Apollo.

Tara Shepherd, former adult education assistant director, has been promoted to director and will oversee programming, instructional and supervisory staff, curriculum, compliance and business partnerships for adults seeking training or a new career.

Noise complaint / Suspicious car / reported damage / vehicle incident

The following Ada police reports were provided to the Icon by the Hardin County Sheriff’s office. They cover June 25 to July 1:

June 25
Traffic stop, E. Buckeye Ave.
Investigate vehicle, 223 E. Ballard Ave.
Alarm, ONU Pharmacy building, 525 S. Main St.

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