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It's Mercantile on Main decked out for the holidays

Mercantile on Main, 117 S. Main, will have a drawing for a $25 gift certificate during Merry on Main in downtown Ada on Monday evening.

Jodi Callahan and Mindy Altstaetter, owners of the new store, invite all to visit their establishment and enter the drawing while shopping along Main Street from 5-7:30 p.m.

The 6th annual Merry on Main, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, includes a live nativity scene, Santa, hot chocolate, a choir singing, live reindeer, store specials, and more.

Photo: Mercantile on Main storefront all decked out for the holiday season.

A Christmas tree you can read

Darlene Bowers and her son, Ben, built a Christmas tree out of books, which is appropriate for an Ada Public Library window display during this time of year. The tree is built of books with pages cut into the shapes of ornaments and is topped with a book titled “Huckleberry Christmas.” 

Levi Probst wins OSU-Michigan football contest

Of 70 entries, Probst was closest to predicting the outcome

Levi Probst, Bluffton, is the winner of the Ohio State vs. Michigan football contest.

With 70 entries in the contest, no contestant picked OSU to win by more than 21 points. OSU won by 23, winning 62 to 39.

Probst was the closest contestant. He predicted OSU to win by 14 to 20 points. He won both tie-breakers, saying OSU would score first and would lead at the half.

In second place - each predicting OSU to win by 14 to 20 points were:
• Ken Shonk (lost by predicting Michigan would score first)
• Kimberly Robinette (lost by failing to predict who would score first)
• Jerry Burkholder (lost by predicting Michigan would score first)

School cancelled today (Nov. 30) for Ada schools

A two-hour fog delay called at 5:50 a.m. this morning resulted in Ada schools cancelled at 8:30 a.m. this morning, Friday, Nov. 30.

 

Vancrest invites you to its third Christmas craft show

It's Dec. 8 - 34 vendors plus Santa!

Vancrest will hold its third annual Christmas craft show with 34 vendors this year—and Santa will be there, too.

The sale of holiday and everyday items will take place from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. Vancrest is located on SR 81 West across from the Ada Schools.
Shoppers will find a huge variety of merchandise to choose from—jewelry, Christmas towels, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts.

2nd Border Battle hosted by Ada Dec. 27-29

Ada, Upper Scioto, Allen East, Waynesfield

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The second annual four-team Border Battle holiday basketball tournaments will be held December 27-29 at Ada High School.

The event will feature competition between the varsity boys and girls teams from Ada, Allen East, Waynesfield-Goshen and Upper Scioto Valley.

The tournaments cover three days, and eight total games will be conducted on the following days with these matchups:

Thursday, December 27th: Girls semifinals

Varsity Girls – 6 p.m. Allen East vs. Waynesfield-Goshen

8 p.m. Ada vs. USV

Friday, December 28th: Boys semifinals

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