Drive-thru-pickup only chicken barbecue, 4:30-6 p.m. on Main Street Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 6, 2020 - 8:27am
FROM ADA ICON - Ada Rotary Club has a chicken barbecue dinner with your name on it.
The club hosts a carryout-drive-thru-only chicken barbecue dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6.
The drive-thru takes place at Hays Insurance, 202 S. Main St. Tickets are $9 per meal and include:
• One-half chicken
• Baked beans
• Macaroni salad
Tickets are available in advance at Quest Federal Credit Union and from any Ada Rotary Club member. Tickets may be purchased by calling 419-230-2250 or 419-303-0586.
Little Riley Creek Farm's barn decorated with four varieties of this onion cousin
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2020 - 3:12pm
With large clumps of garlic hanging from its rafters and others lined up on a wooden rack, the barn on the Little Riley Creek Farm is suggestive of an old European farmhouse kitchen decorated with garlic braids.
Amanda Wischmeyer, who with her husband, Jon Tuttle, owns the farm, said that they grow four different varieties of garlic: French Violet, Italian Lorz, Chesnok Red and a variety that was growing on the farm when they purchased it.
Those who keep an eye on the Bluffton High School announcement board will be busy soon as several announcement will flash on the screen this month. The current message drawing most attention is that high school schedule pick up is Friday and Monday, Aug. 21 and Aug. 24.
Barbara A. Koontz, 92, died Aug. 4, 2020, at Lima Memorial Health System. Barbara was born Nov. 11, 1927, in Pandora, Ohio, to the late Ernest and Lona (Welty) Bauman. On May 19, 1950, she married Robert Koontz who preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 2003.
Ross and Anna Kauffman part of team that created online health guide
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 5, 2020 - 12:50pm
• Where did the 6-foot rule come from?
• How do we help kids cope with all the questions surrounding covid-19?
• What criteria would allow us to return to not having social distancing, wearing masks and enhancing disinfecting practices?
• Is this a short term virus, or is it like the flu that will continue to show up seasonally?
These questions and host of others are addressed in a locally-created online resource made available to the public this month.