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...Ev'rybody Start to Sing! Who?  3rd - 7th graders. What? Singing and more! When? Mondays 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. Where? Miss Vicki's Music Studio, Ada. Auditions are Monday, Jan. 26, from 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. Or call to schedule another audition time. Call 419-679-8259.

Q: Do you know how the Ada Public Library got its start?

A: Would you believe the restroom of old town hall of Ada? 

Why: A few books were placed in the restroom of the old town hall for the country women to read while waiting there.

That's what Amanda Bennett of the Ada Public Library told members of the Ada Kiwanis Club on Jan. 20. There more:

Peggy Piascik, the 2013-14 president of the American Association of Colleges and Pharmacy (AACP) and current professor of pharmacy practice and science at the University of Kentucky, will be the guest speaker for the sixth annual Sebok Pharmacy Lecture established by the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy. Piascik will deliver her lecture, “Pharmacy Education: Preparing Pharmacists for a Lifetime of Patient Care,” in the ONU Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m.

Here is the Ada Schools honor roll for the second quarter of the 2014/2015 school year:

ALL "A" HONOR ROLL
12TH GRADE: Alexis Amburgey, Noah Beach, Blake Hall, Allison Howard, Gabriella Linnon, Abby Petersen, Madison Stoner, Caralee Stover, Cody Stransky, Victoria Wyss.

11TH GRADE: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Alissa Schlachter, Megan Simon, Katey Stuart, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick, Blake Willeke.

10TH GRADE: Ashley Breidenbach, Rielyn Castle, Taryn Fullom, Meredith Marshall, Elizabeth Milks.

A Main Street Ada business that touches virtually every organization in the community received the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce’s highest award on Jan. 21.

Liberty National Bank is the 2014 Ada outstanding business of the year. The recognition took place at the chamber’s annual dinner at The Wishing Well at ONU.

In accepting the award for the bank, Ronald Zimmerly, bank CEO, said that Liberty National Bank and the Ada community is a partnership.

Liberty National Bank was recognized by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and Ada's 2014 business of the year. The award was given at the Jan. 21 chamber banquet at The Wishing Well at ONU. Bank employees from left are, Bryan Marshall, Ron Zimmerly, Brandt Miller, Corsie Arn, Patricia Arnett, Heather Cox and Vicky Gilbert.

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