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A staff member from Congressman Bob Latta's office will be at the Ada Public Library from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, to hear from Ada area residents about concerns and issues.

Social security, Medicare, and veterans affairs are usually the top three concerns at meetings such as this which are held throughout the district.

If residents have opinions about other issues (immigration, Chinese computer hacking, guns, infrastructure, budget, etc.) they may voice them to the staff member who will be present.

Kenneth Collins captures autumn for Icon viewers before some of these familar sights fade into winter.

He provides:

• bumble bee on a flower
• grasshopper on a mum
• Squirrel storing nuts for winter
• Blue Jay - could be in your own back yard

  

Here's some news updates from the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce concerning events in Ada.

• This Saturday, there will be a beer tasting at The Cask Room. From  4:30 – 7:30 p.m. three alumni ONU students will be promoting four flavors of beer from their “Pigskin Brew Co.”

Also a BBQ Wagon will sell sandwich’s out front. A good way to spend a Saturday after the ONU game. 

• Regular membership meeting Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 8 a.m.  at Community Health Professionals.  Discussion will center on last-minute plans for the Halloween event on Oct. 26. 
 

By Monty Siekerman
Two things you cannot escape: death and taxes.

These and other topics will be discussed at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct 19, at ReStore. The program is free and open to the public.

Guest speakers for the program, which is titled Funeral Planning, are three noted local experts.

The are:
• Mike Hood, attorney, discussing options you have (will or trust), what legal papers you need to have (power of attorney, do not resuscitate, executor of estate);

• Bruce Neely, funeral director, your options for funeral or cremation, preplanning;

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, Ada schools will sponsor a  "pink out" a Friday's football game against Bluffton.

All who attend can participate by wearing pink on Friday to school and to the varsity football game. Here's the last update from the school website:

• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original
(...and pizza!...see the bottom of the story)

You know the drill. The Ada Halloween parade, sponsored by Ada Kiwanis is calling you.

This year’s parade is Monday, Oct. 26. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. The parade is a 6 p.m. Registration takes place behind the municipal building on Buckeye Street.

Here’s the costume categories:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

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