You are here

Home » News

Iconoclast View

What exactly is “Music on Main?” and what is “Buy Ada First?”

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 14, 2014

The Buy Ada First committee hosted its second Music on Main of the summer downtown on July 11. The evening at the Depot Park included music by the Band Kwik Fire (sponsored by Liberty National Bank). The Ada Kiwanis Club sold Harlan’s Chicken Barbecue dinners.

VIEW THE PHOTO ALBUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY - PHOTOS OF JULY 11 MUSIC ON MAIN - PHOTOS BY RICHARD GAINEY.

»

Spirit of sharing flexed its muscles in Ada this week; thanks, Ada Food Pantry

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 4, 2014

Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist

The spirit of sharing flexed its muscle this week in Ada.

Thanks to the efforts of the Ada Food Pantry the traditional Fourth of July picnic enjoyed by many of us will be celebrated by all of us.

For the fourth year the pantry board provided its clients with a “basket” of food associated with a summer picnic.

What’s in the basket? You know: hamburgers or hotdogs, buns, potato salad, corn on the cob and watermelon.

»

Ada Ohio Properties Ltd., shows Ada's entrepreneurial spirit

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Congrats to the entrepreneurial spirit in Ada. The most recent member of this special spirit club is Ada Ohio Properties, Ltd.

The name alone speaks volumes:
• close community identity
• identifies the company’s purpose
• has potentially for positive brand experience
• locally owned

Beyond that, what’s so special about this new enterprise? Ada Ohio Properties focuses on providing quality, yet affordable energy-efficient and turn-key properties in the Ada area, both for sale and lease.

»

Who views the Ada Icon? You do, plus 2,345 other viewers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

Social media is a powerful tool and the Ada Icon uses it very successfully to attract viewers.

At the moment the Icon has 490 Facebook friends. We post from one or two items on our Facebook page every day. Here’s some examples of the number of people we’ve reached this spring, which demonstrates our most popular stories. These are the top five stories that attracted viewers from Facebook:

1 - Ada prom videos reached 1,265 on facebook
2 - 1924 Ada football team reached 667
3 - Craig Hoffman 15 minute interview reached 580
4 - Bailey Bowers 15 minute interview reached 568
5 - Spring fever follies photos reached 445

»

Exactly how deep is the pavement on Ada's Main Street?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 6, 2014

WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY...and click on the image to get a better view of the bricks.

Exactly how deep is the pavement on Ada's Main Street?

Good question. How did it get that deep, what are those bricks doing under the pavement, how long have they been there, and what's under the bricks?

These questions are surfacing - excuse the pun - as a water line is being placed across Main Street at Lima Avenue. 

With the intersection closed and digging underway, one can study the history of the street by observing what's being uncovered.

»

Bluffton's Bambi - this story could have easily taken place in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Note: This is a story about a newborn fawn who happened to be caught in the May 28 flash flood and separated from its mother. The story took place in Bluffton, but the Icon thought it might be of interest to Ada Icon viewers.

On Sunday the Bluffton Icon posted a photo of a newborn fawn discovered in an unnamed Bluffton location. In that story we revealed that Bambi was alone, and curled up in some greenery.

We concluded that:

1 - Bambi was an orphan, or
2 - Bambi's mother left the fawn with plans to return later.

»

Pages