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One-half million pounds of mulch - and there's still time to order

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

One -half million pounds of mulch...that's what the Ada Lions Club sells each spring to support local scholarships, which amounted to 6,100 this year.

Chad Hays loads two scoops of mulch into a pickup for delivery. Next Saturday, June 4, is the Mulching Guys last day this season.

To order, call 419-634-5626. Cost is $30 for brown per scoop, $35 for black, $10 local delivery.

Want to haul your own? The site is located at Bass Trucking on SR 81, just west of town. They'll be open Saturday from 8 a.m. until about 1 p.m.

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Choir performs

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Ada High School choir performed during Sunday's AHS commencement.

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Recreational Music Making offered for adults this summer in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Vicki Mills of Miss Vicki's Music Studio, Ada, is now registering adults in a summer recreational music making class titled Recreational Music Making.

The seven-week course runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursdays, from June 9 to Aug. 4 (no class July 7).

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"This program is for anyone who ever wanted to make music, whether with their voices or with a particular instrument," Vicki Mills, of Miss Vicki's Music Studio.

"It is a way to learn music, express your creativity, share a love of music with others, and develop a skill that can provide enjoyment in class and throughout life," she said.

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Jane Hoffman was active in Ada First United Methodist Church

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Jane Hoffman, 89, died on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

She was born on Nov. 11, 1926 in Lima, Ohio, to Francis and Lucille (Razor) Blosser who preceded her in death. On Oct. 11, 1947, she married Dallas Eugene Hoffman and he died on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Open for business

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 29, 2016

The Ada Pool opened Saturday on a hot and muggy day, just the kind of day the staff was hoping for. Lorna Sparr is manager this year. She is pictured sitting on the refurbished slide. Other staff members include Cassie Collins, assistant manager; Katey Stuart, assistant manager; Michaela Guyton, senior lifeguard. The pool will be open from 1 to 8 p.m. daily, with a midnight swim every Tuesday beginning at 8 p.m. General admission is $3. Red Cross swim lessons will be held July 11-22. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Ada High School graduates 65 in the class of 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, May 29, 2016

By Monty Siekerman

Sixty-five seniors (including 14 from Apollo Career Center) graduated at Ada High School on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the high school gymnasium.

The Class of 2016 commencement featured the high school band, a moment of reflection by Sidney Faine, a welcome by Principal Robin VanBuskirk, greetings from Apollo Career Center by Pam Downing.

After two choir numbers, Superintendent Suzanne Darmer announced the salutatorian and eight valedictorians. 

Retired teacher D. lyn Davis gave the commencement address. 

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