By Monty Siekerman
Last spring's rains caused considerable damage and inconvenience to property and people on the southwest side of Ada, especially to the campus where damage was reported to be $1 million.
A project is now in the design stage to fix a perennial problem whenever high rains occur.
The project will relieve flooding on West Lima Avenue and the campus retention ponds near the stadium and west of Fraternity Circle.
But, current thinking means trees will be eliminated in the heart of campus, an area known as the Tundra. Construction crews will be in the way and dirt/mud will be a temporary eyesore, but flooding must be resolved.
By Monty Siekerman
A Medication Disposal Day will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, in the parking lot between Rite Aid and Northern on Main.
Those who want to dispose of expired or unused prescriptions as well as over-the-counter medications may give them to law enforcement officers at that time.
The meds will be disposed of in a safe, legal, and environmentally conscious way.
Here's a photo of last year's volunteers during which time 32 people disposed of unwanted meds.
For Icon readers living closer to Kenton, the event will be held at the hospital there at the same time.
Ada Lions Club launches its biggest fundraiser of the year and you can dig it.
It’s the club’s annual mulch sale. While the sale starts May 7, club members are taking orders now.
All proceeds go to the club’s scholarship fund. Since 2000 the club has awarded $61,000 in scholarship money as a result of the sale, according to Chad Hays of the club.
Here’s the details:
Mulch can be picked up Saturdays after 8 a.m. at Bass Trucking 0410 State Route 81, Ada. Deliveries are available on Saturdays only.
Sometimes the weather makes a pig turn blue and fall over, especially when it is April 9, the ground covered in snow, snow plows working, and gusty winds make the wind/chill 9 degrees. (Monty Siekerman photo)
For one shining moment, the world came together...at a multicultural fair at ONU on Friday evening.
Here, Shishir Yadav (left) of Nepal and Aron Hagos of Eritrea stand before many colorful flags, the flags representing the 25 countries which ONU students call home.
Nepal suffered a devastating earthquake a year ago; Eritrea borders Ethiopia. Both students are in Ada to get advanced law degrees.
