The next big event on Ada's calendar is the 33rd annual Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival in downtown Ada, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15. As in past year’s, it will fill Ada’s Main Street from Highland to College.
The festival has 180 spaces available for vendors and so far over 150 spaces are signed-up. Crafters are encouraged to register as soon as possible to insure a booth.
Booths are 12 feet wide by 8 feet deep and are available while they last.
Where's the police department? That's among the most frequently asked questions from visitors to the Bluffton town hall. The answer is: On the second floor. The village recently installed a directions sign to assist visitors attempting to find their way around the village office. It's posted appropriately in the town hall lobby.
Bluffton council changed its monthly utility billing procedure on Monday.
At the recommendation of its utility committee and ordinance committee, residential property owners will receive utility bills on the rental properties that they own in the village.
This is a change from utility bills currently going directly to renters of residential properties in the village.
The change affects between 125 and 145 rental properties.
Last week we asked Icon viewers to identify the location of the rabbit in this photo. The rabbit is painted on the mural on the Mercy Health building and can be seen from East Elm Street.
Several viewers provided correct answers. The entry of Marcia Gallant of Bluffton was chosen in a drawing from the winners. She will receive two passes to the Shannon Theatre.
Members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, will observe the annual Shipwreck Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 16.
The services, at 8 and 10:30 a.m. remembers the passengers on the “Famous Dove” when it was shipwrecked off the east coast of the United States on Sept. 17, 1831.
Many of the passengers coming from Germany were the founders of Trinity. During a terrible storm, the passengers prayed and sang hymns. The next morning, they saw that they were just off the coast of Virginia.
