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(No building permits required, but you must sign up in advance)

Q: Where else can you build your house and eat it too? 

A: Ada Public Library.

And, you have two opportunities for this edible event. The Ada library holds its annual gingerbread house construction activities later this week.
• The first is from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12.
• The second is from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13.

Although there are no building permit requirements, you must sign up. All the supplies are provided. Call the library at 419-634-5246 to sign up and for additional details.

Where in Ada might you find a golden toy soldier nutcracker? You'll find this with several additional traditional holiday display pieces in the lobby of The Inn at ONU. There are four addition views in the photos series.

Ada Music Boosters voted not to renew Bingo license

Ada Bingo, held weekly on Thursdays at Center on Central, will hold the final session Thursday, Dec. 19. 

Ada Music Boosters voted not to  renew their Bingo license during their regular November meeting. 

The  Boosters would like to thank the Ada community for their patronage over  the past 2 years.

 The Ada Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, Dec 11, at 12:30 p.m. at the Ada Visiting Nurses. They will have a short meeting and play cards.

ONU student Emily Estep will perform with Lima Symphony on Saturday

The meteoric rise of Ohio Northern University student Emily Estep’s singing career will continue when she performs as the featured soloist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra during its annual “Bells, Brass and Bows” concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic Center.

Although only 20 years old, the soprano from Fresno, Calif., has a combination of singing ability and personal fortitude that belies her youthfulness, according to Kirsten Osbun-Manley, resident artist and lecturer in music at Ohio Northern.

Energy and Environment Innovation Showcase

Mid-Ohio Energy, the not-for-profit electric cooperative that serves approximately 8,200 consumers in Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Union, and Wyandot counties, has been invited to participate in the Energy & Commerce Republicans’ “Energy & Environment Innovation Showcase” at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The objective of the initiative is to highlight the importance of investing in the development and deployment of breakthrough technologies that reduce emissions, power tomorrow’s economy, and provide greater value to American consumers.  

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