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2,000 visitors coming to Ada Music Booster's 40th annual Music Feast Show Choir Invitation

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By Monty Siekerman
Nearly 2,000 people – entertainers, spectators, and volunteers – are expected to walk through the doors of Ada Schools during the 40th annual Ada Music Feast Show Choir Invitational Competition on Saturday, Nov. 4.

The show choir competition is one of the longest-running exhibitions of its kind and each year draws some of the top high school singers/dancers in Ohio and Indiana.

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Meet three-year-old Oakley, Ada's new K9 who will be certified to begin "employment" tomorrow (Friday). Sgt. Matt Purdy will be the beautiful pup's handler. Criminals beware.

Kiwanis Club Halloween parade categories: prettiest, scariest, most original

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By Monty Siekerman
The annual Halloween parade, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, will be held on Monday.

Ghosts, goblins, and all manner of creatures are invited to register at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot behind the city building, 115 W. Buckeye Ave.

The parade will begin about 6 p.m. and walk a short distance to the depot where costumes will be judged and trophies handed out.

Costume categories: prettiest, scariest, most original.

Age groups: preschool and kindergarten, grades 1-2, grades 3-4, grades 5-6, groups any age and pets, adults (most original only), Ada Band.

 

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Hey, guys...Saturday is Sweetest Day and Carol Slane Florist can design just about anything you want for your honey.  The flower shop, 410 S. Main, is open 9-5 Mondaythrough Friday and 9-Noon on Saturday. 419-634-7910.

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It's a few week until December 6, but the Ada Public Library wants men to know that there will be judging for a beard contest that day...so, let the epic growth begin.

The contest is part of the library's centennial celebration this year. Judging of the shaggy, woolly, bristly, stubby, furry hirsute will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

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Award-winning science writer and journalist David Quammen will deliver a talk at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 in the Freed Center. He will discuss“Ebola to Zika and Beyond: Scary Viruses in a Globalized World.”

The talk, which is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lecture Series in Life Sciences at ONU, is free and open to the public.

 

Quammen is a science journalist, nonfiction author and (former) novelist who has spent most of his life in Montana. He travels on assignment for various magazines, usually to jungles, deserts or swamps.

 

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