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Ada Depot garden tour

A little drizzle doesn't stop gardeners from gardening or learning more about plants.

During a light shower last week the members of the Kenton Garden Club toured the Ada Depot gardens. Gardener Monty Siekerman explained how the downtown garden originated and told about some of the plants.

There are more than 100 varieties of annuals and perennials. Some of his new favorites this year include banana tree and pentas.

Once upon a time in Ada: Read what happened in Ada in the 1880s

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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July 5, 1883 - the Carmen Post No. 101 Grand Army of the Republic was formed.

December 8, 1883 - The Home Savings Building and Loan association was chartered, with Albert B. Charles as secretary, treasurer.

1884 - the law college at Ohio Northern University was formed.

Feb. 1-2, 1884 - the first farmers institute was held at Ada.

Feb. 1885 - the first house numbers were being used.

June 14, 1886 - the first ordinances against liquors sales passed.

Can you name the group and school year?

It's the 1977-78 Ada High School pep band. What instrument did you play?

Nearly 300 incoming frosh volunteer in Ada

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman

Sam Shriver of WLIO-TV interviews Zach Bragg during Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day on Saturday.

Zach, whose summer job is working with a landscaping firm, helped at the Railroad Park gardens. About 300 incoming first-year students and faculty members volunteered in the community for two hours on Saturday morning.

Family of crafters opens store in downtown Ada

By Amy Eddings
Note: Ada chamber members held a "broom presentation" last week to the owners of Crafted by Us.

The "us" in Crafted by Us at 117 S. Main St., the newest business to open in Ada's historic downtown, is a trio of creative women: Terry Sayre, 48, and her daughters Brittany Galens, 28, and Marquita Metzger, 19.  

"We all just wanted a store," said Sayre,  "We just never had one."

The threesome, from Holland, a village west of Toledo, said they've talked for years of having a place to display and sell their handiwork.  

Terry paints and loves to re-purpose flea market finds.

Library orientation

Renovation is completed and the first floor of ONU's Heterick Library opened in time for new-student orientation. Icon photographer Ken Collins went inside to get "oriented" with these photos.

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