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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, July 24, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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                                                        Ada in 1925

June 1925 Harry Mohr has the distinction of being the first to have an automatic water softener installed in his new home on North Gilbert .

August 1925 the Ku Klux Klan held a meeting on the Harding farm, south of Woodlawn cemetery.

September 1925 for the first time, Ada employed two policemen for day and night duty.

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They make it look so easy

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, July 23, 2017

Dan and Randy Garver of Fine Touch Furniture, Ada, make it look so easy. Here they pose with a recently completed project.

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Kamron Wilkerson and Dexter Woods at Boy Scout Jamboree

They are among 34,000 scouts from 50 nations attending
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, July 23, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Kamron Wilkerson (left) and Dexter Woods are attending the Boy Scouts Jamboree near Beckley, W.Va.  

There will be 34,000 other Scouts from 50 nations at the jamboree, which is held every four years. Thirty-six Scouts and four leaders from 16 troops of the northwest Ohio Black Swamp Council left two days early for zip lining and whitewater rafting on the New River.

The jamboree includes 10 days of outdoor activities and camping as well as water sports, climbing, mountain biking, four wheeling, hiking, zip lining, and community service.
 

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Chess: Rise of the Pawns

Ada High School band prepares for 2017 competition season
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, July 23, 2017

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School marching band will conclude a two-week summer camp with a free performance in the school's south parking lot at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 28.

This year's competition show involves a chess game and is titled "Chess: Rise of the Pawns."

The 26-member band and 13 color guard members will perform at the Farmers and Merchants Picnic parade and the Harvest and Herb Fest parade before playing at the home and away football games.

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Lloyd A Salyer 1949 - 2017

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, July 21, 2017

Lloyd A. Salyer, age 67, died on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 4:05 a.m. at his residence in Alger. 

He was born on September 10, 1949 in Marshallville, Kentucky to the late Jimmie and Lorena (Patton) Salyer. On May 29, 1968 he married the love of his life Shirley Slone Salyer and she survives in Alger. Together they had two children, Rebecca (Rodney) Spencer of Waynesfield and Lloyd E. "Tee" (Cherise) Salyer of Kenton. 

Lloyd had seven grandchildren he loved dearly, Colby (Alanna) Salyer, Kindsey (Shane) Salyer, Michaela Spencer, Savanna Spencer, Brianna (Michael) Kerr, Kasey Hoag, Tate Hoag and he loved Conner and Tessa Shirk like his own also. 

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At work

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 21, 2017

Summer is always a time for outdoor projects. Several are underway this summer in Ada. One is renovation to McIntosh Center on the ONU campus. Here is an update from that project.

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