Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
In only its second year, the craft fair at Vancrest drew a large number of vendors--34--and a steady stream of shoppers throughout the day on Saturday.
Customers found a huge variety of holiday and everyday items to choose from, including jewelry, Christmas towels, Mary Kay products, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts.
Here are some scenes from the fair, including people you may know and a glance at some of the one-of-a-kind items that were offered for sale.
Photo: Chris Gibson and daughter Kalua Sleesman hold a truck made by Chris' late husband Tom.
Hanson-Neely Funeral Homes 14th annual remembrance service was held at the Ada Chapel on Saturday afternoon. About 150 people made reservations for the service which included harp music by Nancy Glick of Arlington. In this photo, family members of Arthur and Elizabeth Krummrey place ornaments on the tree. Members of the Donna Buck family lit a remembrance candle. Personalized ornaments were placed on the tree in memory of loved ones. Pastors participating included Courtnie Morton of Sugar Grove United Methodist Church and Charles Moeller of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church.
Hanson-Neely Funeral Homes 14th annual remembrance service was held at the Ada Chapel on Saturday afternoon. About 150 people made reservations for the service which included harp music by Nancy Glick of Arlington. Members of the Donna Buck family lit a remembrance candle. Personalized ornaments were placed on the tree in memory of loved ones. Pastors participating included Courtnie Morton of Sugar Grove United Methodist Church and Charles Moeller of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church. Bruce A. Neely welcomed all. In the next photo, Nancy Glick performs the harp.
By Monty Siekerman
Lynne Scott's book signing at the Ada Public Library on Saturday morning was deemed a success with seven people waiting in line when the autographing began.
Here, Lynne (right) is joined by her mother, Toledo artist Ellie Miller, who did the illustrations for "Tails from the Kennel: Truths Taught."
KALIDA - Host Kalida smothered the Ada boys basketball team 64-18 Friday night in a non-league contest.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-1 with the defeat, while Kalida improved to 2-0 with the lopsided win.
Freshman guard Zac Swaney led Ada with nine points.
Trevor Lambert, a 6-3 Kalida junior forward, made all 10 of his field goal attempts en route to a game-high 23 points. Wildcat junior guard Connor Krouse added 10 markers.
MIDDLE POINT - Ada senior Chase Sumner was named tournament MVP after leading the Bulldog wrestling team to a strong second- place finish at the 12-team Lincolnview Invitational Saturday.
Twelve of the 13 Ada wrestlers placed fifth or higher in their weight class at the event. The runner-up team finish was Ada's best-ever showing at the Lancer Invite.
Sumner won the 145-pound division title with a 3-2 win over Bretz of Van Wert in the finals. It was the second time Sumner was named MVP of the Lancer tourney.
Freshman Colton Biederman finished second in the 106 lbs. division to improve to 7-1 this season.
