March 2014

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My name is Megan Light and I am 11 years old.

This is my third year in 4-H and I am in the Liberty Belles & Boys 4-H club. One of my projects last year was called “Fast Break For Breakfast.” It taught me a lot about how breakfast is a very important meal and how fast and easy breakfast is to make.

My favorite nutritious breakfast recipe to make and eat was called the break-away bars. I liked it because it was a healthy, but delicious snack to eat. My favorite ingredients in the break-away bars were the chocolate chips and peanut butter.

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President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon on Tuesday March 4th at the New China Restaurant, Ada.

Jon Umphress offered the invocation.

In business:

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Meet the Ada High School varsity cheerleaders from 15  school years ago, 1998-99 to be exact.

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Front row from left, E. Kurtz, A. Sharrock, J. Long.

Middle row, from left, J. Dye, S. Murphy,

Back row, from left, G. Duncan, K. Zsembik, A. Overs, B. Stewart, J. Bower.

(photo from the Ada Public Library high school yearbook collection)

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In addition to its regular menu, Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, offers weekend features from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9.

For full lunch and dinner menus, please see facebook page or website: mustardseedcafebluffton.com

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Ada High School artists are well represented in the 26th annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational now on exhibit at ArtsSpace/Lima, according to Gary Wells, art teacher.

The following Ada art students were recognized with special awards:

Ceramics
First place - Jessica Rojas, untitled piece

Paintings
Third place - Alexandra Boyadzhiev, 3 Faces

Photography
First place - Tessa Coulson, Sleep Tight
Third place - Hannah Price, Extreme Close-up

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Ada's Junior High quiz bowl team was runner-up in the Hardin County Junior HIgh Quiz Bowl Invitational held March 6. Here are members of the team with their trophy. Riverdale won the tournament.

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Ada won second place after a tie-breaker final round versus Kenton as both teams were 3-2 after the regular five matches.

Back row, from left:
Jacob Colwell, Melina Woods, Lyric Jones, Damon Francis, Austin Amburgey, Nathan Hurtig and Hunter Wells.

Front row, from left:
Sam Hibbard, Callee Young, Riley Davie, Kiarra Francis and Theo Hardesty

Gary Wells, not pictured, is the coach.

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East Lima Avenue Reconstruction has begun. In an ideal world, progress happens overnight and none of us are inconvenienced while improvements are made. Progress in Ada may not happen overnight, but we do like to warn residents when it’s coming, in an effort to minimize the level of inconvenience.

If you have been near East Lima Avenue in the past week, you probably have seen various construction signs and equipment in the area. The street reconstruction project that was first shared in a public meeting in 2012, officially began last Friday, February 28. The project is expected to finish in October 2014.

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The Hardin County Master Gardeners are announcing their Spring Garden program schedule for this year. The programs will be held in the Mary Lou Johnson District Library meeting room, beginning on Wednesday, March 12. Each program will begin at 6:30 p.m., with time after the presentation for questions and discussion about that evening’s topic or other general gardening questions.

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Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the award-winning a cappella group Take 6 on Saturday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m.

Take 6, the most-awarded a cappella group in history--with 10 Grammy awards, 10 Dove awards, a Soul Train award, two NAACP Image Award nominations and more--knows no musical bounds.

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15 minutes with Ben Neville, Ada High School senior

What classes are you taking this year?
Advanced Placement U.S. History, English 12 College Prep, Pre-Calculus-Trig, Physics, and French IV.

Are you set on your college plans next year?
I’m thinking seriously of attending ONU. I might major in criminal justice or business and then think about attending law school. I’ve already looked at Butler, Wisconsin and Ohio State.

What sports have you played at Ada?
I lettered in soccer four years, played baseball three years and for the first time ever, this spring, I’m running track.

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