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Aug. 14 parade registration details attached

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Ada loves parades and here's your first opportunity to participate in one this year.

The 108th Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic, the community’s oldest continually running event, take place Saturday, Aug. 14.

Century 21 Sunway Realty is heading up this year’s F&M Parade. The entry form for parade participants is attached at the bottom of this story.

Here’s parade details:

• Line up: 8:30 a.m.

• Line up location: West Lincoln Street, Myers East and West parking lot on ONU campus

• Parade route: From West Lincoln to South Main to College to Simon to North Park

• Parade starting time: 9:30 a.m.

After a one-year cancellation, many activities return this month

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Ada Icon's July Hometown Happening 
is attached as a printer-friendly document

It’s not Ada’s typical July.

Last year’s covid moved Ada to a screeching halt. This is a new year and traditional summer events have returned.

July begins on Friday with two major activities, unrelated, but both carrying Fourth of July weekend themes.

Ohio Northern University will hold its Lima Symphony Orchestra patriotic pops concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 2, on the university sculpture mall.

Not connected to the pops concert is a community fireworks display at dusk – announced to start at 9:45 p.m. – in the Ada park.

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Ada's next American Red Cross blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, July 19, at Community Health Professionals. 

Call Mark Hackworth at 419-604-8569 or visit www.RedCrossBlood.org and use the sponsor code AdaCommunity.

Hackworth said that there are several incentives to be an Ada blood donor. Those are explained on the attached flyer.

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Here's the Ada High School drama club during the 19780-71 school year. Names of members are under the photo.

Graduates of Ada, Kenton, USV, Hardin Northern, Ridgemont

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The following students who attended high school in Hardin County were named to the Dean’s List for spring semester 2021 at Ohio Northern University. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and be enrolled full time.

Ada High School grads
Bryce Paul
Sydney Van Atta
Alexandra Waugh
Melina Woods
Victoria Wyss
Catherine Young
Isaac Spar
Katelyn Stuart
Cade Mullins
Kara Manning
Olivia Alexander
Zachary Beaschler
Thomas Chen
Kiser Colley
Jacob Colwell
Mara Guyton

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In a matter of minutes Ohio's weather can change from bright and sunny to dark and dismal and then back to bright and sunny. Ken Collins demonstrates this with photos taken on Sunday afternoon just outside Ada. The series goes from bright to dark and back to bright.

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