The Ada Public Library has expanded in many ways over the past four years. Several charts demonstrate that expansion.
Amanda Bennett, library director, said, “We are very proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last four years. Thank you to our patrons for pushing us to be a better library every day.”
Charts are attachments to this story.
For example, from 2012 to 2015:
• Circulation increased 137.2 percent
• Summer reading program registrations increased 57.3 percent
• Library programs and attendance in those programs increased 271 percent
• Library visits have increased 30.7 percent
Compiled by Darlene Bowers
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Alayne Schrock.
“I teach to impact the lives of my students,” shares Alayne Schrock. From middle school math to middle school science to field trips and science fairs, Alayne Schrock is creating that impact each day at Ada Schools.
Alayne Schrock
What are you teaching this year? I teach 7th and 8th grade science.
Ohio Northern University entrepreneurial class students line up for pizza during Wednesday evening's 'elevator pitch' competition. Students, in teams of four, pitched ideas they developed for new businesses to judges during the evening.
Monday, Nov. 21, is the deadline for craft vendors to reserve a table at Ada Vancrest's first-ever Craft Fair held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10.
Reports are that the fair is drawing a lot of interest among vendors, and their are still tables available at $30, plus $5 more if you use one of their tables and $5 more if you need electricity. Call 419-558-1379.
Vancrest Ada, a nursing home and rehabilitation center, opened this year at 600 W. North Ave., across from the Ada Schools.
Here's an update on the Ada Junior Civic League from Linda Staley, secretary:
The Nov. 14 meeting was held in the home of Linda Ferguson with Shirley Chambers serving as co-hostess.
Sherry Evans reported for the ways-n-means committee that the pecans were here and had been dispersed to all members. Due to the high volumn of sales the club would order an additional 4 cases.
Jaime Wills provided photos of the clubs donation for the Festival of Trees. Erin Swick provided a report from Phyllis Griffith on Crock Pot Tuesday that the club hosted in October she stated the club provided food for 59 people.
James F. “Jim” Dicke, Sr., New Bremen, Ohio, died on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.
The namesake of Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration was 94 years old.
Dicke, the chairman emeritus of Crown Equipment Corporation, was born Jan. 30, 1922, in Ilion, New York, and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He took classes at Ohio Northern University in the early 1940s before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He considered both ONU and Culver Military Academy, of which he was an honorary graduate, his schools.
