Say, "Hello," to Stella D Oro. It's the daylily greeting people in the Ada railroad park. This daiylilly expands each year and is good for mass plantings. It prefers sun, is easy to grow and is one of the few daylillies that reblooms during the season. Our flower feature includes several additionl park posies in the next photos. Thanks to Monty Siekerman for the flower descriptions.
Ian Dellifield, who will be a senior this fall at Ada High School, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month.
Dellifield is active in several Ada school activities. These include being a member of the Quiz Bowl team, TEAMS Competition, 'Dogs volunteer, Varsity Singers, Wild Steelions and Ohio Northern University steel drum band.
He is also a member of the Ada HS track, soccer and swim teams.
Alex M. Sweigart, age 18, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2020.
He was born on July 9, 2001, in Bluffton to Robert Sweigart and Robin (Work) Tomasi. His father and step-mother, Ann Sweigart survive in Dola. His mother and step-father, Don Tomasi survive in Ada.
Alex was a 2020 graduate of Ada High School and Apollo Career Center. He loved baseball, cars, motorcycling, and hanging out with family and friends.
Alex is also survived by a brother: Adam (Christian Anderson) Sweigart of Ada; a sister: Lisa Oxley of Columbus; a step-sister: Abbigale (Gerald) Hardy of Columbus; paternal grandparents: Robert and Janice Sweigart; and step-grandmother: Cheryl Tomasi.
Some people believe that life begins the day you start a garden. Other insist there are no gardening mistakes, only experiments. If you fall in either group, then this weekly Icon feature will keep you walking down the garden path again and again.
At the suggestion and with the assistance of Jimmy Wilson the Ada Icon introduces a new column we simply call Ada Gardens.
It will continue until gardening ends for the season, and then we hope to plant our seeds again in the spring.
Our first featured Ada Garden is full of green things. You can find it in Wilson’s yard at 207 Turner, Ada.
