'Tis the season for disguises
Trick-or-treat!
Just a reminder to Ada resident to get candy supplies in order. And, to those on the receiving end, here’s all the opportunities this month for Halloweening.
Monday – Oct. 28
Kiwanis Halloween parade. Registration takes place in the parking lot behind the municipal building on Buckeye Street at 5:30 p.m. The parade takes off at 6 p.m. and heads to the railroad depot.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will provide cookies and cider at the depot. Prizes will be presented in several categories that follow:
Costume categories follow:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original
Costume judging by age groups:
• Pre-school and Kindergarten
• 1st and 2nd grades
• 3rd and 4th grades
• 5th and 6th grades
• Groups any age and pets
• Adults (most original only)
• Ada HS band
Oct. 29 library storytimes
The Ada Public Library will have two costume storytimes on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The first at 11 a.m. and the second at 6 p.m.
Oct. 31 village trick-or-treat
Ada’s official Halloween is on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Vancrest of Ada reminds Halloweener to stop in at 600 W. North Ave., during those hours. And, The Friends of the Library will host a Halloween party from 4:30 to 7 pm.
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