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His latest book "The Great Gatsby" is this month's adult book group discussion at the library

The Ada Public Library invites you to start a new resolution for the new year. Here's three suggestions:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald invites you to critque his novel "The Great Gatsby," next week at the Ada Public Library.

The book is this month's adult book group discussion. It's at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8. Copies of the book are available at the library circulation desk, in case you don't have your own copy.

• And, don't forget family storytime on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. It includes stories and songs.

• On Friday, Jan. 4, at 3:30 p.m. is coloring club. It's open to all ages and materials are provided.

 

 

Ada High School girls' basketball team have a busy early January on the road. On Thurday the 'Dogs travel to LCC. Then on Saturday it's off to Kenton. Next Tuesday they travel to Perry. The first home page of 2019 is Saturday, Jan. 12, hosting McComb. (Ada Bulldogs Facebook photo)

Check out the video showing work underway

Extensive work on the Interstate 75 widening and reconstruction project in Findlay allowed the project to reach its first major milestones last year, and work continues as the project enters its third year of construction.

In 2018, the most notable changes in traffic patterns occurred off the mainline lanes of Interstate 75. In October, Lima Avenue closed to through traffic and pedestrians under U.S. 68/state Route 15 for approximately one year.

Here's a 1910 new year's postcard from Ohio Northern University. The Icon found it on the ONU Department of Art and Design Facebook.

Here are the Ada school cafeteria January menus

One of the first indicators that the holidays are behind us is that the January school menu pops up on the Ada school website.

School started today (Jan. 2), and for those interested in lunch, it's Bosco cheese stick with marinara sauce. For K-5 it's yogart, green beans and fruit.

The January cafeteria menu is attached.

The low temperature on Jan. 2, 2018, was minus 12 - here's the complete 2018 weather summary

Although Mark Twain is believed to state that everyone complaints about the weather, but no one does anything about it, (**see footnote) Guy Verhoff from the official weather station at Pandora, does the next best thing.

He records it.

And, here’s what he found about our weather in 2018:

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