It’s one month away – the 100th anniversary of the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic. The two-day event at the War Memorial Park takes place Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10.
Here’s this year’s schedule:
Friday, Aug. 9
• 5 p.m. – Gates open Party in the Back 40 – Exploit of Lima, on stage from 8 p.m. to midnight
• 7 p.m. – Corn hole tournament, Back 40, east of park
• 7 p.m. Pulls
6500 street stock gas 4 x4
6500 hot street gas 4x4
6500 stock altered gas 4x4
8000 workstock diesel
8000 2.6 diesel
Street legal semis
Altered semis
100 open
Depending upon which field you were standing in, the rain on your property was either more or less than that of The Icon's weather observer. Here's our high and low temperature report and total precipitation reading for the past seven day. We received 2.31 inches of rain. How about you?
Here's a note from the Ada Public Library: Wednesday, July 10, 9:30 p.m. we'll be meeting with any who's interested in a free program at the ONU Observatory.
The guide through "The Night Sky," will be ONU Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Jason Pinkney.
The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance provided Icon viewers with updates to summer activities for July. You can't say there's nothing going on in Hardin County.
Alliance Golf Outing
Sign up now for the 2013 Alliance Golf Outing. This event will take place on August 9. Teams will be posted and registration will start at 7:45AM. There will be a SHOTGUN START at 8:30 a.m..
The next door business neighbor of Ada Flea Market also received an Ada Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on July 5.
Mighty Dakotas Sporting Goods, LLC., owned by Ada native Steve Rudasill, is located at 113 N. Main St., Ada. It opened in the fall of 2013, but was not previously featured on The Ada Icon.
Store hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and "when you see the light on in the store," says Rudasill. The business phone number is 419-634-1011.
The sporting goods store supplies pistols, riffles, shot guns, ammo, acessories and some fishing equipment.
The annual membership drive for the Ada Music Boosters is now underway.
With the help of the Ada community, the music boosters are able to enhance music education and the performance-based programming for the Ada Exempted Village Schools.
The Boosters provided The Ada Icon with the following information:
We purchase choir robes, band uniforms, instruments, Varsity Singers costumes, props and music and support our State and regional award-winning winter guard, marching band and show choir.
