The Ada Public Library was recognized as the "community contributor of the year" by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday during the chamber's annual dinner at McIntosh Center. Nearly 50 persons attended.
Deb Curlis, chamber president, presented Amanda Bennett, library director, a plaque to signify the award.
These are the library statistic shared at the event:
In 2013 the Ada Library had:
*125 storytimes with 880 in attendance
*120 K-12th grade programs with 3,3,22 in attendance
*71 adult programs with 771 in attendance
*Visited the 4 Kindergarten and 3 1st Grade classes every week at the Ada Elementary
*Visited Headstart in McGuffey every week
* Had 419 people signed-up for Summer Reading: 55 Babies-age 5; 156 K-6th grades; 55 7th-12th grades; 153 Adults
