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D.A.R.E. program schedule

DARE presentations for  the  fifth grade students at Ada Schools will be held, as follows:

Thursday, May 4 from 2:45-3:15 in the 86 gymnasium

Thursday, May 11 from 2:45-3:15 in the school auditorium

Thursday, May 18 from 2:45-3:15 in the school auditorium

Erica Shadley, a fifth grade teacher, organized the DARE program.

Stratton Greenhouses open house Friday-Saturday-Sunday

Includes drawings, food, special offers

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, holds a spring open house Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6-7, according to Susie Stratton.

The open house includes drawings, food and special offers.

Stratton's offers an entire line of vegetables, proven winner plants, wave petunias, trees and shrubs.

Greenhouse hours are:
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open Sundays in May, noon to 5 p.m.
419-358-6950

56th annual Ada Invitational track meet on Saturday

16 high school teams will compete

Ada High School will host the 56th Ada Invitational Track meet on Saturday, May 6, at War Memorial Stadium.

There are 16 schools competing: Ada, Allen East, Bath, Bluffton, Carey, Cory- Rawson, Hardin Northern, Delphos Jefferson, Kenton, Lima Central Catholic, Mc Comb, Mohawk, New Knoxville, Spencerville, Temple Christian and Van Wert.

Last year’s boys' champion were Van Wert and runner-up Spencerville, respectively. Last year’s girls' champion and runner-up were Van Wert and Ada, respectively.

Field events will start at 9 a.m. with the running prelims to begin at 10 a.m.

Extensive damage

Fire extensively damaged a two-story home at 409 N. Main early Monday afternoon. No one was injured. The house, owned by Ben Bright, had two apartments in it with at least three people living there. More information and more photos are below. (Monty Siekerman photo)

Fire!

Extensive damage to North Main Street residence

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Fire extensively damaged a two-story home at 409 N. Main early Monday afternoon. No one was injured.

The house, owned by Ben Bright, had two apartments in it with at least three people living there.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

Ada-Liberty fire and rescue were assisted by Lafayette-Jackson, McGuffey, Alger, and Hardin Northern units as well as Ada Police and Sheriff's Office.

Ada Icon total views up over 13% in first quarter of 2017

In the first four months of 2017 Ada Icon total views increased by over 13 percent, according to statistics from Google Analytics.

Here are those stats with 2017 totals first and 2016 totals second.

Total viewers
41,423 vs. 36,571
13.27 % increase

Total individual viewers
18,202 vs. 17,390
4.67 % increase

Page views
85,956 pages vs. 66,580 pages
29.10 % increase

Average pages viewed per visit
2.08 pages vs. 1.82 pages
13.98 % increase

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