The Buy Ada First Committee has organized a Music On Main event for Friday, July 13, from 6 - 8 p.m. at The Ada Depot parking lot on Main Street, weather permitting.
WONB 94.9 FM is providing music, several businesses are having sidewalk sales, some restaurants will be offering specials, the Ada Rotary Club is having a chicken barbecue fundraiser and more.
Planners of the event invite Icon viewers to bring lawn chairs, enjoy dinner, visit the businesses, listen and dance to music and spend time in Ada with friends and family.
Here are the recent births at Bluffton Hospital. Click here for photos. May 25 - Morgan Ann Inbody, daughter of Charles and Sierra Inbody, Bluffton, 20 1/2 inches, 8 ounces. May 30 - Derek James Dennis, son of Amy and Thomas Dennis, Ada, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, 20 1/2 inches. June 3 - Dalton Christopher Siefker, son of Christopher Allen and Colleen Marie Siefker, Pandora, 21 inches, 7 pounds, 8 ounces.
Heard any good Bluffton ghost stories lately? The Bluffton Public Library will host a Bluffton Ghost Walk, Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. at the library.
The event is for persons 12 and up (under 18 need a signed permission form).
Participants must pre-register at the library's front desk or the children's desk and arrive in the lbirary basement before the library closes at 8 p.m. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Dr. Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University professor of mechanical engineering, presented a paper and chaired a technical session at the Sixth Annual AIAA Flow Control Conference, sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
The conference was held in New Orleans, LA, on July 25-28 with more than 1,500 engineers and scientist in attendance, and approximately 750 technical papers were presented.
Pandora United Methodist Church will hold an ice cream social Saturday, Aug. 4, at the church.
The event is from 5 to 7 p.m., and the menu includes: your choice of sloppy joe, hot dog, or chicken sandwich, plus cole slaw, baked beans, and / or chicken and noodles. Plus lots and lots of homemade pies and ice cream.
Here's a rare photo taken from the air of the "bend" on Kibler Street cira 1948. Is the Icon correct to state that the houses on the west side belonged to Bakers, Littles, Stauffers and Bierys?
Once in a conversation with the late James F. West, former Citizens National Bank president, he said that in the late 1940s this neighbor was known as "mortage row."
That title, of course, changes with each new subdivision, and he was certainly aware of that.
Rockport United Methodist Church will hold its summer Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 30 to Friday, Aug. 3, at the church in Rockport.
This year's VBS theme is "Point Your Kids to Jesus!" Youth ages 3 through sixth grade are invited to attend. The VBS includes stories, games, music, crafts and other events.
Persons interested in more information or interested in assisting may contact Melissa Selhorst 419-943-1383 or Cheryl Huber 419-229-9513.
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
There are hundreds of social networking websites. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram are just a few. That is great and all but do we really need all of these sites that share something in common?
For example, MySpace and Facebook, what is really the difference between the two? Yes, there are major differences, but here is a question older generations have always asked... why would you post something, sometimes private, and let other people see it? Who cares why do it?
You might called the Saturday, July 14, Bluffton Taste of Summer "Italian Heritage Night," or perhaps its an Italian-American summer festival.
Bluffton's Taste of Summer continues with an evening of food and entertainment at Jeannie's Restaurant, on Vine Street, from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday, July 14. The event is part of a summer series sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
The event is family-oriented and is open to the public.
Tim Stockman and Jed Marquart attended the Dayton Air Show on July 8. Guess who they "ran into"?
Here's the story as Jed tells is:
Tim Stockman and I attended the Dayton Air Show on Sunday. Tim wanted to check out the Ohio Highway Patrol static display, since he is a former trooper. As we passed by the OHP airplane on display, the pilot looked familiar and quickly came over to speak with us.
