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N-Men's Club under new ownership - Center on Central

Remodeling underway for a party place; Bingo will continue in February

By Monty Siekerman
J.R. and Linda Mason have purchased the building south of Railroad Park and are remodeling it for a party place called the Center on Central.

Old-timers will recall the one story structure at 111 Central Ave. as Hal and Jean's Restaurant, built by Hal and Jean VanAtta in 1962, a time when Ada had few eating-out places. Twenty years later, the restaurant was purchased by the N Men's Association and used for Thursday night bingo and as a rental place for parties.

Bingo will resume at Center in Central every Thursday beginning on Feb. 2, supporting the Ada Music Boosters, Ada-Liberty Fire Department, and Lions Club.

Ada Public Library tech class

Max Gauthier, the Ada Public Library tech expert, shows Jane Parsons a few pointers on using an iPad during a class at the library on Saturday morning. He also taught library patrons about the Kindle later that day. Max will teach a  free class at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, titled "Overdrive: your digital library from anywhere."

Tavern 101 has a new sign

Bill and Beth Ann Bass stand below the new sign that has now been installed on their restaurant at 1O1 S. Main, formerly Little Mexico. Why 101? The number is in the address and 101 refers to many college courses, which is appropriate in this university town. Saturday's lunch business was booming.

A breakfast to help the Lafayette-Jackson Volunteer Fire Department

A breakfast to help the Lafayette-Jackson Volunteer Fire Department with operating expenses will be held on Saturday morning, Jan. 28. The breakfast will be held from 7 until 11 a.m. at the station house, 215 E.  Sugar St.

The breakfast includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice, milk and coffee. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children 6-12, and free for children 6 and under.

Listen to the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at ONU

He visited Ada on Jan. 11, 1968

On Jan. 11, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Ohio Northern University. At the time of his visit to Ada, Ohio and ONU, Dr. King was an international figure.

He was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize and only the 12th American to ever do so. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and a key social figure of the turbulent 1960s.

The entire recording of his speech can be heard by clickin the link below - this link takes viewers to the Ohio Northern University Facebook site, where the speech is available.

CLICK HERE

 

 

Lady Bulldogs edged at Spencerville

By Cort Reynolds

 

The visiting Ada girls basketball team hit a late dry spell and fell 45-35 at Northwest Conference foe Spencerville Thursday evening.

Following the defeat, the Lady Bulldog record dropped to 5-6 overall and 0-3 in the league. Meanwhile, the Lady Bearcats improved to 3-8 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the victory.

The low-scoring game was tied 18-18 at the half, and Spencerville edged in front 29-27 after three periods. They then put the game out of reach with a 16-8 fourth quarter.

"We shot poorly," said Bulldog third-year head coach Bill Taflinger. "We couldn't make a shot when we had a chance to extend our lead."

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