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K was the letter of the day at Ready, Set, Grow Preschool when the Icon photographer took this photo. A student is cutting out the letter K.

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Sandy Turner holds a bunch of multi-colored tulips at Carol Slane Florist in Ada. Thinking spring? The tulips were not grown in the backyard in Ada but spring blooms are flourishing somewhere. Next week the local florist will have spring flowers in pots...think daffodils, crocus, tulips, hyacinths and more...a welcome sight.

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Laurie Laird, owner of New Leaf Garden Center, holds pots of shamrock plants to sell for St. Patrick's Day, March 17. She is surrounded by spring bulb plants, a reminder of the next season, at long last.

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Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch?

ReStore will begin providing free community lunches on Monday, March 9. Serving will be from noon to 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

The free lunch has been offered sporadically the past two months, but now will be available on a regular basis. Crock Pot Tuesday will continue, as before, with serving from 4 to 6 p.m.

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David Retterer, Ada mayor, has called a special meeting of the Ada council for Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers, with the purposes of considering a resolution and a pay ordinance.

 

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Donna Daniels, 53 died on Friday, March 6, 2015, at 11:02 a.m. at Kenton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Kenton.

She was born on Sept. 8, 1961 in Tompkinsville, Ky., to Glathey Copas and she survives in Tompkinsville, Ky. Donna married Joseph Daniels on Jan. 14, 1989, and he survives in Roundhead.

Also surviving are two sons: Jeremy (Angela) Copas of Glasgow, Ky., and Jason Copas of Bergin, Ky.; 2 step-sons: Joey Daniels of Garner, Kan., and Erik Daniels of Everett Wash.; and two daughters: Elizabeth (James) Barnett of Kenton, and Amy (Howard) Alden of Assaria, Kan,; and one brother: Willie Strode of Tompkinsville, Ky.: and nine grandchildren.

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