Ada's latest news

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ODOT is busy in Hardin County this month as the map indicates. As of Jan. 30 ODOT has the following county report, (2018 figures in parentheses):

Lane miles: 309 

Tons of salt: 1,260 (2,804)

Gallons of de-icer: 20,220 (25,728)

Miles drive: 40,600 (57,741)

Total cost: $272623 ($514,921)

Here’s the Ada school menu

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The February Ada school menu is now on the Icon. It is posted as a visual and as a printer-friendly attachment below.

All morning classes cancelled; offices, facilities re-open at regularly scheduled hours

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Due to the continuing National Weather Service Wind Chill Warning, all Ohio Northern University morning academic classes are cancelled for Thursday, Jan. 31, according to the ONU Facebook.

Classes will resume at noon on Thursday, Jan. 31, including rehearsals and student events.

All administrative offices and academic facilities, including the libraries, will re-open at their regularly scheduled hours on Thursday, Jan. 31.  

It's an Ada-made football on sale in Lakeland, Florida

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By Monty Siekerman
Icon's Florida correspondent
It’s nice to find a photo of an Ada water tower and a little piece of the history of the community a thousand miles away.

There it was—a football for sale at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Lakeland, Fla., with one side of the package showing the Ada water tower and a brief history of the Ada-made Wilson football.

Support Ada boys' tennis - in cooperation with Padrone's Pizza

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The Ada High School boys' tennis team is sponsoring a dining in at Padrone's pizza, this weekend.

Persons can support the team by dining at Padrone's from 4 to 10 p.m. either Friday, Feb. 1, or Saturday, Feb. 2.

Make certain you mention the boys' tennis program when you order your pizza at the restaurant.

You can reach for the stars on Thursday evening

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Weather permitting, Ada area girls “and their favorite adult” are invited to a “Reach for the Stars” evening at the Ada elementary school cafeteria from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31.

The evening’s theme is being a space science explorer.

The program is by the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. The event is for girls who are not currently participating in Girl Scouts this year.

Here’s what’s in store during the evening:
• create moon phases with cookies
• make a shadow poster
• make a star pattern of your own – in the shape of you

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