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Purpose to building distillery, bar, restaurant and greenhouse

Two 1992 Ada High School classmates, Troy Erickson and Billy Watterson, using the name Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC, intend to develop a distillery with a bar and restaurant and a greenhouse for growing hemp on a site in the Ada industrial park, bordering North Avenue.

The intended land purchase required action in two special Ada meetings. First, Ada council, passed an ordinance on Oct. 17, transferring the property to the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC). Next, CIC on Oct. 23 passed a motion entering a real estate agreement with Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC.

Here's the where, when and what of Ada's Halloweening

Trick-or-treat!

Just a reminder to Ada resident to get candy supplies in order. And, to those on the receiving end, here’s all the opportunities this month for Halloweening.

Monday – Oct. 28
Kiwanis Halloween parade. Registration takes place in the parking lot behind the municipal building on Buckeye Street at 5:30 p.m. The parade takes off at 6 p.m. and heads to the railroad depot.

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will provide cookies and cider at the depot. Prizes will be presented in several categories that follow:

Costume categories follow:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

Here's future Ada fire fighter Beckett Sleesman. The Icon photographed Beckett during the recent high school homecoming parade. Then, as things sometimes happen, we lost this photo in the shuffle. It's a twin photo to the next picture in this two-part series, You've seen the next photo featuring Quinn Hazelton in another fire truck photo posted Oct. 14.

Here’s a round up of ONU sports from last week.

Men’s soccer
The No. 19 Ohio Northern men's soccer team came up on the short end of a 1-0 decision against No. 13/22 John Carroll Saturday night. The loss drops the Polar Bears to 11-4-1 overall and 3-2-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play.

The Blue Streaks (11-2-2 overall, 4-0-1 OAC) logged the game's lone goal during the 66th minute. Chase Fernkorn scored off a corner kick from William Turrittin.

S. Mark Albright, 61, of rural Ada died, Oct. 20, 2019. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at First United Methodist Church in Bluffton. Visitation will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service both at the church.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton. 

By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator
During the month of September, Hardin County received an average of 2.82 inches of rain, according to volunteer rainfall reporters from the OSU Extension office. 

Phil Epley recorded 3.30 inches for Liberty Township, totaling 20.1 inches for the growing season from April 15. The township totals are listed below this story.

The most rain for this month, 4.30 inches, fell in Jackson Township, as measured by Rick Weber. 

The least rain reported during the month, 1.74 inches, was reported in Buck Township by Heritage Cooperative, followed closely by 1.80 inches in Hale Township by Travis Ramsey. 

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