Ada Area Chamber of Commerce membership reached a new high this month as four new businesses became members, according to Deb Curlis, chamber director.
Bringing membership to 86, the newest members are:
• Ada Physical Therapy, with new owner Tracy Scalfara
• Blanchard Place Assisted Living, Kenton
• Rhonda Crouse, realtor with King Thompson Realtors
• Dan Newkirk of Heapy Engineers
These members were introduced at the June 19 chamber breakfast held in Ada Public Library. Natalie Walton of the library staff updated members of this summer’s reading program (see photo above).
We all know where Neil Armstrong was – standing on the moon.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Neil Armstrong moon landing, the Icon invites viewers to submit accounts of where they were, and what they remember about the event.
Send your recollections - no matter how brief - to [email protected].
We will collect all the stories and post them on July 20.
Consistent rains across Ohio and the Corn Belt continue to delay planting progress as the June 17 USDA Planting Progress report showed that 68% of intended corn acres and 46% of intended soybean acres have been planted in Ohio.
Nationwide, roughly 27 million acres of corn and soybeans will either be planted or filed under prevented planting insurance.
Across Ohio, the Final Plant Date (FPD) for soybeans is June 20. Soybeans can be planted after the FPD, but a one percent reduction in the insurance guarantee occurs.
State Route 235 between the villages of Alger and Roundhead will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for berm repair through early July. Work is being performed by the ODOT Hardin County maintenance garage.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting a USDA Secretarial disaster designation for Ohio amid heavy rainfall impacting Ohio farmers.
In his letter, Governor DeWine notes that record rainfall through the spring planting season has been devastating to Ohio farmers, with flooding and saturated fields preventing them from planting crops. Only 50 percent of Ohio’s corn crop and 32 percent of Ohio’s soybean crop have been planted as of June 10, 2019.
