Ada's latest news

Can it be that time already? Five weeks from now Ada will be home of several thousand additional residents as Ohio Northern University resumes in-person residential classes in early August.

So you think you know Ada? Okay, where will you find this message? The answer comes tomorrow.

Craft beer, barbecue and grilled pineapple sundaes

Join The Inn at ONU for a casual craft beer and barbecue event on Saturday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m.

The Inn staff says, "Enjoy our relaxed atmosphere, live music, and timeless lawn games in our socially-distanced outdoor Garden Courtyard. Call 419-772-4112 for pricing and reservations. Seating is limited."

The evening includes includes:
• five or eight beer samples 
• a dinner buffet featuring St. Louis-style pork spare ribs 
• barbecue pineapple chicken 
• Italian sausages 
• baked potatoes 
• and The Inn's grilled pineapple sundaes

Beanstack now live and online

Ada Public Library’s summer reading program begins today (July 6) and continues through Aug. 15, according to Rhett Grant, library director. It's theme centers on "Imagine your story."

“This year we are using Beanstack, for our online summer reading,” he said. 

Beanstack is now live, with links from the library’s Facebook page and webpage, www.adalibrary.org.

Virtual storytimes, crafts, programs, and prizes are all part of this summer’s program.

“Stay tuned for updates and events as more information is on the way,” said Grant.

The program's July and August calendar schedules are at the bottom of this story.

It could be Ada's largest lawn – we aren't counting ONU's greenspace in this discussion. It's the Ada school lawn. We watch a lawn mower clip off grass on the southside of the school building in this photo taken last week.

Here's one of those "once upon a time on Ada's Main Street photos." Wouldn't you like to walk into this store and just see the products available.

We welcome viewer comments on this early Ada drug store storefront photo. Two names are written in hard-to-read handwriting near the bottom of the photo. The left side reads "Ben Conner." The right side reads ---eyman Conner.

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