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The Ada Municipal Building will receive a complete renovation for village offices and the police department in 2019. Also, an elevator will be installed. Several additonal village projects are slated or 2019. Each is listed in the story below.

For Hardin high school students, application deadline Feb. 1

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The University Club II of Hardin County awards one $1,000 scholarship to a junior or senior college student who has graduated from one of the schools of Hardin County.

Scholarship applications are available by emailing the Club’s Scholarship Chair, Jill Simmons at [email protected]. The scholarship application deadline is Feb. 1, 2019.

University Club II has awarded scholarships since 1964 with the first scholarship in the amount of $100. Since 1964 the Club has awarded over $35,000 in scholarships to college students to further their education.

Willeke Ave., municipal building, engineering building, IT building, the park, plus all those annual events that make Ada interesting

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By Monty Siekerman
Reporters aren’t the best prognosticators, so here’s what is planned for Ada in 2019:

* Willeke Avenue will be completed from Ankerman Street to South Johnson. The Village expects to award bids in the spring.

* The Municipal Building will receive a complete renovation for village offices and the police department. Also, an elevator will be installed.

* The Engineering Building will open in the fall, a new major building on campus.

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The. Border Battle between Ada and three other schools in boys and girls basketball will begin Thursday , Dec.27. Here is the schedule:

 

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Lee O. Carpenter, age 98, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 10:09 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

          He was born on February 15, 1920 in Deerfield, Missouri to the late Albert and Rachel (Winders) Carpenter.  On June 3, 1942 Lee married Martha Jane Spiegel and she preceded him in death on November 26, 2008 after 66 years of marriage. 

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Ada churches observed Christmas eve in many ways on Monday. Ken Collins shares some photos of the First United Methodist Church Christmas eve service.

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