By Monty Siekerman
Meet the new Ada Public Library director. He's Rhett Grant, a soft spoken Southerner without the Southern drawl. The 45-year-old comes to Ada from a suburb of Atlanta.
Rhett grew up in Alabama and Michigan.
His library experience, too, is a combination of the South and Midwest. His most recent library job was head of adult services for a library in Clarkston, Mich.
He'll bring his side-kick State Senator Cliff Hite with him for a return visit of Batman Storytime at the Ada Public Library. Hite and Batman (or are they one and same?) visited the library two summers ago for a similiar storytime.
Sen. Hite is a former teacher and coach, so interacting with children just comes naturally.
In the photo he gives a fist bump to Daniel Klear.
Sen. Hite is a Republican from Findlay and has represented this area as senator since 2011.
He serves on the following committees: agriculture, education, energy and natural resources, public utilities and rules and reference.
By Darlene Bowers
It’s a sunny morning in Ada. A spider rests on a young woman’s hand as a ladybug adorns her index finger. She captures the attention of a roomful of toddlers as she reads aloud from one of the thousands of books she’s grown to love.
She knows many of the stories by heart. It’s afternoon now. You hear her cheery voice lilting with encouragement as she explains to a youngster why eating candy near books that are shared with others is not a good idea.
Come join the fun at the Ada Public Library on Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to sign up for Summer Reading 2017.
This year’s theme is Build A Better World celebrating the power in each and every one of us to build, create and imagine a better world. We’re also celebrating the Centennial of the Ada Public Library this year!
Bring the whole family to enjoy face painting, a steel drum band, 4-H animals, Touch-a-Truck (fire, ems, police) or to buy books at the huge FRIENDS of the Library Used Book Sale.
Earlier this week, Mid-Ohio Energy Community Fund, Inc. presented a grant to the Ada Public Library for its summer reading program.
Tim Street, Director of Communications and Member Services for Mid-Ohio and Natalie Walton, Youth Services Coordinator for the library, paused to celebrate the impact of the grant.
The summer reading program begins Saturday, June 3.
The library board will meet in special session to discuss building plans. The meeting is set for 9 a.m. on Monday in the library's meeting room. All governmental meetings are open to the public.
