LOCAL BLOOD DRIVE: Monday, May 8, 2023 - Visiting Nurses and Hospice, 1200 S Main St., Ada, 11:30 a.m. - 05:30 p.m.
When every second counts, blood products can provide lifesaving care. The American Red Cross asks the public to give blood or platelets during Trauma Awareness Month in May to keep hospitals prepared for all transfusion needs, including emergencies. Type O negative blood donors are especially needed right now.
Beatitudes community center has announced a huge Doll Adoption Day, with so many dolls that it will actually span Friday, May 12 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00.
The non-profit has received a donation of over 100 dolls from an estate. The owner collected dolls and made clothes for all of them. She was 97 years old at her passing and still lived at home.
There will be a special balloon arch for taking photos of children with their new doll. Adoption certificates will be made for each child to go with the doll they choose.
Beatitudes community center is located at 210 N. Main, Ada, Ohio.
The Village of Ada celebrated its 42nd annual Arbor Day with Ada Elementary 3rd graders on April 28.
For 42 years the Village has presented Ada Elementary 3rd graders with trees that they can plant at home with their parents. This year, students were presented with a River Birch seedling at the end of the presentation. Village administrator Jamie Hall and Tree Commission member Jim Neiswander provided the students with instructions on planting, digging and the placement of their seedlings.
"At present the Pantry is particularly low on rice products and dish soap.
"However, Pantry use in 2023 has been much higher (comparison HERE) than in the past few years, so we greatly appreciate all donations from the community!"
The Village of Ada Council meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2 in council chambers at Village Hall, 115 W. Buckeye. The meeting may also be joined remotely with a link available HERE.
The full agenda is available on the Village website HERE.
One item of legislation is on the agenda, An Ordinance Accepting and Confirming the Dedication of Land to be Part of Clint Drive.
The streets committee will present Village of Ada 2023 Street Paving Program bid results and recommendation for award.
Words can be weapons; whether written or spoken, or the more dangerous implied threat by authority.
Poetry has to be words too; a light illuminating the darkness in some human souls.
Such is the premise in the new masterwork by Celeste Ng, titled Our Missing Hearts ($34.00, Random House ISBN978-0-593-63267-3).
The story begins after the collapse of the United States economic system (which is blamed on the Chinese, of course). This is the time of PACT (Preserving American Culture and Traditions), a totalitarian authority that controls the whole country. PACT has the power to suppress any activity that is considered UN-American or seditious. PACT has the power to read all mail, wiretap any phone, or impose an ongoing curfew, which the breaking of brings down the law. Big time.
They also have the right to remove any child from its family if the parents do not follow PACT constraints faithfully to protect American values. These PACT laws were passed unilaterally by the House and Senate in an effort to bring America out of the Crises.
