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Very few posters remain - won't be reprinted

Buy yours now at Gallery for the Arts
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 17, 2017

Going...going...almost gone...and not to be reprinted.

Less than a dozen Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival inaugural posters remain for sale. When they are gone, that's it.

Posters are available, why supply last, at Gallery for the Arts, 115 S. Main St., Ada.

Melissa Eddings Mancuso, an ONU associate professor art, designed and printed  posters for the inaugural event held Feb. 4.

Melissa estimated she spent 60 hours designing and printing the 8-color poster which is a little more than a foot wide and a foot and a half high.

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Ada chamber's business of the year: Easter House Bed and Breakfast

Barely one year old, the business owners committed to promoting Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 16, 2017

It’s official: Easter House Bed and Breakfast, 508 N. Main St., is the 2017 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year.

David Dellifield, chamber president, made the announcement at the Feb. 15 chamber annual dinner in McIntosh Center.

Accepting the award were owners Mark Hilan and Amy Eddings.

The business is barely one year old, yet the owners have proven worthy of the award through several efforts to promote Ada through their business and being a driving force to launch the Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

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Varsity baseball team plays Riverdale at 5/3 Field, Toledo, in April

Lot of announcements from Ada schools
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 16, 2017

Want to watch Ada's baseball team play at 5/3 Field in Toledo?

The Ada HS baseball team will play Riverdale High School at 5/3 Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens, on Tuesday, April 18.

In order to play in the minor league stadium the team must sell 300 ticket vouchers to a Mud Hens regular season game. The vouchers are $12 and may be redeemed for entry into any Mud Hens game during the 2017 season. Persons interested may contact any team member or the baseball coach.

Several other events take place this winter at Ada schools. Here's a summary from the school website.

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New Ada school superintendent meets Kiwanis members

Explains the Every Student Succeeds Act
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

By Jon Umphress
Meri Skilliter, new Ada school superintendent, talked with members of the Ada Kiwanis Club earlier this week. She joined Ada schools on Jan. 1.

Skilliter told members about the “Every Student Succeeds Act.” In 2015 President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (or ESSA), an overhaul of federal education law.

Skilliter said, that passed with bipartisan support, ESSA represents a shift from broad federal oversight of primary and secondary education to greater flexibility and decision making at the state and local levels. The law replaces the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Ada phone scam goes after elderly residents

Caller claimed to be resident's grandchild in need of money
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 14, 2017

An Ada Icon viewer alerted the Icon of a telephone scam underway in Ada today.

The viewer said that someone called an elderly Ada resident and claimed to be the resident's grandchild.

Once the phone conversation began the caller claimed to be in trouble and in need of immediate money.

The Icon is alerting residents of this scam and to be wary of it. The Ada police department is aware of the scam.

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JGOLF2

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 13, 2017

Next time you are in Bluffton drive on Jackson Street and you'll see this on a red Chevy. A real golf fan.

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