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Jon Ummphress provided this photo to the Icon. It reads: "Lest we forget!" Men of the Ada community who gave their lives for their country. Dec. 7, 1941-Aug. 14, 1945.

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Spring is a busy time for many with outdoor activities, but one inside business that picks up is dog haircuts, nail trimming, and baths.

Here, Savannah (on table) tells Caesar that getting a haircut and bath is fun.

Jodi McKean, owner of A Doggie in the Window, says she is extremely busy in the spring.

Savannah is the 10-year-old golden retriever of Martin and Diane Fisher. Caesar is a 4-year-old golden co-owned by Jerry Maag and Monty Siekerman.

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David Retterer, Ada mayor, has called a special council meeting for Tuesday, May 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ada Historic Depot for the purpose of considering two resolutions and a pay ordinance.

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Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Liincoln Highway, Bluffton, is open Memorial Day from noon to 5 p.m., according to Susie and Steve Stratton.

There are several weekend specials including:
• $10 off all $39.89 mixed planters
• $5 off all $19.89 and $16.89 mixed planters

Stratton Greenhouse hours are:
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays in May noon to 5 p.m.

419-358-6950
www.strattongreenhouses.com

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Ada High Schools' girls' track team finished fourth while the boys ended in ninth place in the Northwest Conference track meet held last weekend in Columbus Grove.

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Girls Standings
1 Columbus Grove 159
2 Bluffton 90
3 Spencerville 79
4 Ada 64
5 Lincolnview 44
6 Allen East 31
7 Paulding 28
8 Jefferson 22
9 Crestview 9

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The Ada VFW and American Legion will conduct the annual Memorial Day services, Monday, May 25, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ada and at Preston Cemetery east of Alger on Monday.

The Ada service will begin at 2 p.m. at the monument near the chapel on the east side of the cemetery. The speaker will be Dave Archer who served in Vietnam.

 The service in Preston will follow immediately afterward.

In Ada, there will be an invocation, a speaker, and youth going to Boys' and Girls' State will read the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and the poem "In Flanders's Field" written by John McCrae in1915.

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