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Historical Society to meet Monday

 

The newly-formed Ada Historical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the Ada Public Library. All of those interested in helping organize the Society are welcome To attend.

Earlier, the Society organizers thought that the first annual membership dinner would be held on Monday, but the dinner has been postponed until May. The meeting on Monday will involve making plans for the dinner and its membership drive. All of those who attend the May dinner and join the Society will be considered charter members.

Ada High School Players presents murder mystery

Who is the murderer, does anyone survive? Find out the answers when the Ada High School Players stage Agatha Christie’s murder mystery “Then There Were None” from April 20-22 in the school auditorium. Tickets are only $5. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday that weekend.

Photo, from left: AHS thespians Reece Evans, JD Schrader, Ace Gsmble, Ethan Hull.

Last April 12th

An azalea in full bloom in Ada on April 12 last year...not this year!

ODOT winter roads information

Ada's new water park

With a waterfall, water cannons, soaking bench, spray hoops, jets of water squirting out, and a tumbling water bucket

MORE PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

By Monty Siekerman
The young and young-at-heart are in for a treat when the village swimming pool opens on May 26, the Saturday before Memorial Day.

Construction on the million dollar improvement began last fall, progressed through the winter, and will be ready when warmer weather and sunshine arrive in late May.

Here is what swimmers can look forward to:

A waterpark with a waterfall, water cannons, soaking bench, spray hoops, jets of water squirting out, and a tumbling water bucket, if you want to get extra wet.

County-wide tree discussions in Ada

16 commissioners from Ada, Kenton, Forest, Mt. Victory

By Monty  Siekerman
Representatives from the four village and town with tree commissions in Hardin County met together on Friday afternoon for the first time to discuss common issues and agreed to meet regularly to share ideas.

For example, Ada, Kenton, Forest, and Mt. Victory all have annual Arbor Day events in April.

What one town does to celebrate Arbor Day also may work in another town. Some other ideas discussed were how to get volunteers to help trim trees, how to manage insect problems, how to allocate budgets, what programs work and which ones don’t work.

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