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Ada Presbyterian Church has brickwork renovation underway this month. Here's the view from the Hays Insurance parking lot.

The Ohio Northern University cheerleaders and their coaches will hold a cheerleading clinic from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.
Participants in the clinic will perform during the first quarter of the ONU vs. Mount Union football game.

The clinic is open to those in kindergarten through grade 12. Participants will be divided into mini squads by age. Those with previous experience in stunting and tumbling will be placed in appropriate mini squads -- not necessarily by age – by the ONU coaches.

The Ada midget football and cheerleading teams will hold their second annual Cancer Walk from 12:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 at War Memorial Park, Ada. The walk is open to anyone in the Ada community, including parents, students, coaches, and athletes. 

Those wishing to participate may purchase a purple t-shirt or hoodie commemorating the event and all participants are encouraged to wear their t-shirts or hoodies during the walk. All proceeds of the walk and shirt sale will benefit Not By Choice Outreach in Kenton.

Two students at the ONU pre-school practice their ability to walk a straight line on a long during recess.

Ohio Northern University’s Phi Beta Delta honor society for international scholars and the ONU chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, an international honor society in geography, presents “Crisis: Freshwater in Northwest Ohio” in the Dicke Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

A three-member panel will discuss the latest crisis of freshwater that occurred this past summer in Toledo and dissect what occurred and the ramifications of the crisis. The water problem was a result of toxins contaminating the water supply to approximate 400,000 residents in northwest Ohio.

“Doll Bones,” winner of a 2014 Newbery Honor Medal, is the next book on the Tween book group, according to Amanda Bennet of the library.

The group, for 4th through 6th graders will discuss the book at 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, at the library.

The book’s author is co-created of the Spiderwick Chronicles.

Future books on the Tween discussion list include “Where the Red Fern Grows,” by Wilson Rawls, in November, and “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, in December.

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