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Ada Baptist Church will host an American Red Cross blood drive later this month. The event is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 28, at the church, 350 W. North Ave.

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Join Hancock Park District staff on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 1:30 p.m. at Oakwoods Nature Preserve’s Discovery Center for “Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.” This means the two planets will have the same celestial longitude or be really close to each other in the night sky. The Moon will also be in the waning gibbous phase.

The text of King's 1968 speech at ONU is linked to this story

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Martin Luther King Day always has special meaning in Ada because the civic rights leader spoke on the ONU campus. The date was Jan. 11, 1968.

Matt Francis, ONU's archivist, made available the text of King's speech in Taft gymnasium.

CLICK HERE to read the entire text. This link also shows a video and photographs of Dr. King while at ONU.

King's concluding remarks at ONU, mentioning his own hope for the future follows:

Her family was recognized as Scouting Family of the Year in Hardin County

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Barbara J. Boedicker, 70, died on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at 2:31 a.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on March 8, 1948, in Lima, Ohio, to Charles and Betty (Anspach) Shadley. Her father preceded her in death and her mother,  Betty, survives in rural LaFayette. On July 5, 1969, Barbara married Michael A. Boedicker and he survives in Ada.

Annual and new events this spring and winter in Ada

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Several annual Ada events had dates announced at the Jan. 16 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Those include:
• Ada Rotary bowling battle of businesses, Norada Lanes, Sunday, Feb. 5
• Vendor show, Saturday, Feb. 9, The Depot, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Ada chamber annual meeting, at Community Health Professionals, Wednesday, Feb. 20, noon
• Ada chamber after-hours mix and mingle, The Inn at ONU, Wednesday, March 20, 4:30-6 p.m.
• Community Health Professionals, Beacon of Hope, CHP, Thursday, April 4, 6 p.m.
• Ada Lions mulch sale, coming in April

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Dick Lawrence (center) was recognized at Tuesday's Ada council meeting for serving on the Ada Tree Commision for the past 28 years. With him in the photo is his wife, Peggy, and Don Traxler of the commission. Traxler provided the council with the 2018 Tree Commission report.

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