The Ada Public Library will host the following events and activities during the week of September 22-27. For further details and dates, visit www.adalibrary.org/calendar/month.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
The 39th annual Ada Harvest and Herb Festival included the crowning of the festival queen. Six high school seniors were part of the 2025 royalty court:
Photographer Mark Andreasen can be found here, there and everywhere. On September 18 he took a detour to the Bulldog boys soccer home game vs. Liberty Benton and captured these photos at War Memorial Park.
You can't go over it. You can't go under it. You could go around it. But you really ought to go through the 39th annual Ada Harvest and Herb Festival, today, Saturday, September 20 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The festival is a program of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and will fill Main St. from Highland to University, as well as a portion of Buckeye Ave.
The Ada Board of Education met on Thursday, September 18, 2025. The meeting was conducted by Board President Troy. Erickson.
STAFF REPORTS
High School Principal Dan Lee reported that the year had started well. Dr. Lee provided the current records for fall sports. He noted that the Manufacturing classes that were implemented this year have great attendance. In the High School there are 50-60 students enrolled in classes and the middle school will have approximately 60 students over the course of 2 semesters enrolled.
