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‘Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival’ toasts village’s connection to Super Bowl

Watch the football drop at midnight Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Ada Depot
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 13, 2017

Few things are as American as football, except perhaps the northwestern Ohio village that produces the pigskins used in the biggest game of the year.
 
In a real slice of Americana, a small town and its connection to the Super Bowl will be celebrated during the “Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival” on Saturday, Feb. 4.

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Ada's big football

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 13, 2017

Here's the Wilson football that will drop at midnight, Saturday, Feb. 4, in the Ada Depot. Members of the event planning committee, from left, Wynn Hauenstein, Fred Steiner, Chris Burns DiBiaiso, David Dellifield, Amy Eddings and David Retterer. Absent are Dean Paul and Shane Tilton.

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Lots of reading and book discussion opportunities this winter

Here's Ada Public Library's winter book group topics
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 13, 2017

Ada Public Library provides several opportunities for book reading and discussion this winter. Here's the Adult Book Group and Amish Book Group schedule and book topics. Contact the library about joining these groups.

ADULT BOOK GROUP

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.
1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio.

They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property.

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Where in Ada is LXXV?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 13, 2017

Q: Know where this can be found with the Roman numerals LXXV?

A: It is part of the banner of the Ada Kiwanis Club, having received the patch on its 75th anniversary.

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Women's Center at Bluffton Hospital Kiwanis program theme Jan. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 13, 2017

The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at noon in the Dean's Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.  Special guest will be a representative from Blanchard Valley Hospital, Bluffton campus, to discuss the Bluffton Hospital's Women' Center.

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ONU Women's Lacrosse

Members of the women’s lacrosse team take pictures around a statue of Klondike after practice at Ohio Northern University’s Dial-Roberson Stadium.
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 13, 2017

The lacrosse team went 8-7 in up its inaugural season last year. The first home match this year will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. (Photo by Trevor Jones)

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