The 103rd annual Ada Farmers’ and Merchants’ Picnic takes place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12 and 13, in the War Memorial Park.
Here’s this year’s schedule:
Friday, Aug. 12
• Party in the Back 40
Gates open 5 p.m. "Mustang Sally" on stage from 8 p.m. to midnight
• Picnic Pull, 7 p.m. - Gates open at 4 p.m. - Registration at 5:30 p.m.
(Picnic Pull schedule at bottom of story)
It’s a heavenly weekend for garage sale buyers and sellers.
It’s Main Street Across America’s Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11-12-13, and Ada is getting ready for a flood of buyers.
The annual event in Ada is sponsored by the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC), which is a member of the Lincoln Highway Association.
A map of Ada garage sales will be posted soon on the Icon. The map will list sales in the village and in the surrounding countryside.
Checking crops around the county, more and more corn fields are showing stress during this critical time of kernel development. Although the northern part of the county seems drier, parts of southern Hardin County are very dry as well.
It's looking more and more like the summer that Ada painted the town.
First, high above the skyline, the Ada water tower received at least 150 gallons of paint.
Second, the Ada football stadium has a renovation with a nice touch of purple and gold, plus a new bulldog added.
Now comes Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. It's getting a new coat of paint. Check out this close-up and the long-distance photo taken by Ken Collins.
Ohio is having a sales tax holiday this weekend. The holiday will occur Friday, August 5, 2016 and end Sunday, August 7, 2016.
Items exempt from sale and use tax include clothing priced at $75 per item or less and school supplies and instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.
It's August and preparations are underway for the 2016-17 school year. Ada schools provided the following details to students and parents about the coming school year:
School open house
The annual open house Thursday, Aug. 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The first day of school for students is Tuesday, Aug.16, with a full day planned for grades 1-12.
School will begin each day at 8:35 a.m. for all students. Kindergarten orientation is Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16 and 17. Kindergarten students will begin school on a staggered start schedule beginning Thursday, Aug. 18.
