Ada Rotary Club hosts a barbecue chicken dinner on Thursday.
Pick-up is at Hays Insurance, corner of Main and Lincoln, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the dinners are $8 each. The dinners include a half chicken and two side dishes.
The project supports Ada Rotary scholarship and service projects. Rebecca, an Ada HS graduate and Rotary Outbound Exchange student to Belgium in the 2019-20 school will offer drinks and desserts at the pick-up.
Tickets are available from Laaurie Laird at 419-634-5220, or any Rotarian and at Hays Insurance while supplies on Thursday.
Kayla Herrmann, Vancrest social worker, hands out balloons at Saturday's Vancrest carnival. Additional photos in this series show Tina Wireman with her great-granddaughters, and Aaron Maidlow, administrator, helping serve assisted living resident Dorothy Miller and friend. Watch the Icon for more photo all day this week.
Wilson's Football Factory is the Ada school Bulldog Business of the month for May. Ada schools nominate area businesses each month in appreciation for the support they give to the school system.
Jonathan Allen of Ada, a homeschooled student at Allen Academy, is the recipient of a Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship to attend Ohio State University in the fall.
The scholarship covers the full cost of attendance of $21,361 per year for four years. It includes tuition, room and board, books and miscellaneous costs. Jonathan will need to maintain a 3.0 grade point average to continue to receive the scholarship.
Land Grant Opportunity Scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate academic merit and financial need. In Ohio 176 students received the scholarship this year, with an attempt to award scholarships annually to two students in each of Ohio’s 88 counties.
Rhonda Crouse of Ada has joined Coldwell Banker King Thompson, Marysville, as a realtor. She serves clients in the Ada, Bath and Lima areas and across northwestern and central Ohio.
She is a member of National Association of Realtors, West Central Association of Realtors, Columbus Board of Realtors. She has six year’s experience, from 2000-2006, as a realtor for Coldwell Banker King Thompson.
“I have worked in the hospitality field for the past 10 years,” she said. “This includes at The Inn At ONU, Hilton Garden Inn, Findlay, and Hancock Hotel, Findlay. I have also been a brand ambassador for several companies such as Lego, Disney and Straight Talk Wireless.”