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Letter: Why you should vote YES for the Ada Library

Letters

/ Oct 21, 2026

By Benedict Gargac
Ada resident and 8 years old

Dear Ada Voters,

Our library is great. They have books that I like. Some of my favorites are InvestiGators, Who Was? and books about history. They have books for all ages. They have board books for babies, graphic novels, chapter books, picture books and a bunch of other types for adults.

Over the summer, the library had a summer reading program. You get tickets when you read books and can win prizes. The programs I liked were digging for dinosaur bones, the pool party and the one about reptiles. During the reptile one, I got to hold a real snake.

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Kaleidoscope Farms honoring veterans, thanking current troops, Nov. 8

Regional news

/ Oct 21, 2026

Pictured above: 475th Engineer Company at Camp Buehring, KU in Doha in 2016; Local veterans at Kaleidoscope Farms in 2019.

MEDIA RELEASE__Kaleidoscope Farms, 14841 Co Rd 54, Mt Cory, is continuing its 31-year tradition of inviting local veterans to the farm to select Christmas trees to send to troops stationed overseas during the holidays. This year, the event will be Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m., the Sunday before Veterans Day.

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OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital to offer lung cancer screenings

Health

/ Oct 20, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE__OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital will offer special hours for lung cancer screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 14, to help people at increased risk of lung cancer access early detection.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. Early detection offers the best chance for successful treatment, making regular screening an important tool for people at increased risk.

Lung cancer screening is recommended for adults ages 50 to 80 who currently smoke or formerly smoked and have a smoking history of at least 20 pack-years. A pack-year is the equivalent of smoking one pack of cigarettes daily for one year.