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Ada High School boys' soccer team crushed Miller City 9-3 in recent action. Chris Reyes is in the photo above. Vickie Garmon took these game photos.

Below:
• Johnathon Rettig
• Logan Williams
• Noah Pinkney
• Blaine Dearth (in an earlier match)
 

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Here are winners of the Ada Kiwanis Club pedal tractor pull held Aug. 13 at the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic.

There were three classes, with a total of 36 competitors.

The results are as follows:
Class 1, (Ages 3 & 4, with 9 competitors)
1st, Kinzer Scoles, 4, Bluffton
2, Kadreye Scoles, 4, Bluffton
3rd, Colton Crawford, 4, Ada
4th, Maura Johnson, 3, Bluffton

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A little drizzle doesn't stop gardeners from gardening or learning more about plants.

During a light shower last week the members of the Kenton Garden Club toured the Ada Depot gardens. Gardener Monty Siekerman explained how the downtown garden originated and told about some of the plants.

There are more than 100 varieties of annuals and perennials. Some of his new favorites this year include banana tree and pentas.

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Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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July 5, 1883 - the Carmen Post No. 101 Grand Army of the Republic was formed.

December 8, 1883 - The Home Savings Building and Loan association was chartered, with Albert B. Charles as secretary, treasurer.

1884 - the law college at Ohio Northern University was formed.

Feb. 1-2, 1884 - the first farmers institute was held at Ada.

Feb. 1885 - the first house numbers were being used.

June 14, 1886 - the first ordinances against liquors sales passed.

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It's the 1977-78 Ada High School pep band. What instrument did you play?

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Story and photos by Monty Siekerman

Sam Shriver of WLIO-TV interviews Zach Bragg during Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day on Saturday.

Zach, whose summer job is working with a landscaping firm, helped at the Railroad Park gardens. About 300 incoming first-year students and faculty members volunteered in the community for two hours on Saturday morning.

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