By Monty Siekerman
History buffs and artists will be especially interested in the public unveiling of a painting on a barn in Hardin County. Scott Hagan, the man who painted each of the 88 Ohio Bicentennial barns, is completing one of Jacob Parrott, the first Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. for his service in the Civil War.
The unveiling will take place at 3 p.m. on Friday on a barn owned by Arthur and Charlene Bingham at 19691 US 68 south of Kenton. The barn is located two miles north of the Hardin-Logan County line.
By Monty Siekerman Noteworthy Community Choir is holding two Saturday workshops for singers age 7-14. The workshops, one in Ada and one in Lima, are free and each one concludes with a performance.
Those interested are asked to register by Friday, Oct. 26, at www.noteworthycc.org or by calling 419-679-8259.
The no-cost workshops begin at 1 p.m. and conclude with a concert at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Golden Bridge Academy, 310 Market St., Lima and Saturday, Nov. 10, at Miss Vicki’s Music Studio on SR 81 near the Ada Schools.
Interviewed by Monty Siekerman
Mike Gossman knows farming, so the Ada Icon asked him about this year’s crop since farming is, by far, the biggest industry in the county.
Gossman said the bean and corn crops are “really good” this year because the weather has been almost perfect for growing with no flooding rains in the spring, intermittent rains throughout the summer and fall, and lots of hot weather.
In the spring, the bean and corn seeds emerged “the best I’ve ever seen,” he said. Mike has been farming since his sophomore year in high school and just turned 60, so he has seen a lot of springs and knows a year that has good germination.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Ada’s little darling—Amelia—cheered on the Ada Schools volleyball teams Thursday at the school gym during a Volley for the Cure fundraiser.
Next month, six-year-old Amelia Griffin will have been in remission for two years after having been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer. For the past several years, the community has come together to give her and her family love, encouragement, and financial resources. Benefits have been held by Ada School and ONU groups, sports teams, businesses, nonprofits, civic organizations, and many individuals. They call themselves Team Amelia.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - During her inaugural address as Bluffton University’s 10th president, Dr. Jane Wood pondered a fact that many people in Yoder Recital Hall likely didn’t realize.
This year’s incoming freshmen, the class of 2022, were born in the year 2000. They have lived in a century and a world that has never known life without the internet or Google.
“So the question before us, in many ways, becomes, what does it mean to have a university education when students can hold in their hands a smartphone, which can access more information and produce more facts than our counterparts in the Middle Ages could have ever imagined?” asked Dr. Wood.
