FROM ADA WAR MEMORIAL PARK FACEBOOK__June 29: Good morning. We hope everyone had a great weekend. We would like to thank Ann Donnelly, Pyrotecnico and all the sponsors for a fabulous fireworks show. We would also like to thank all of the food trucks that came out to serve us delicious food.
Starting in September, we'll start our planning for next year's event. We would love to add more activities in the park during the evening hours before fireworks start. If there are any groups that have games they would like to share, we would love to add you to our festivities.
By Kara Hampton
Mother of an ONU senior who will genuinely miss spending time in Ada after she graduates next weekend
My daughter is an ONU student, and hence a 4-year member of your community. You have welcomed her into your churches, schools (she works with the Polar Buddies program), grocery store, restaurants and more.
Yesterday, you took care of her and the entire ONU community when someone played havoc with their sense of peace and security by sending a bomb threat.
I started the Irish Iron Memorial Fund 3 years ago when my husband, TJ Griffin, was killed on his motorcycle on April 9, 2023 (Easter Day). A dual-rear-wheel truck backed out of a driveway in front of him on a country road. He hit the truck so hard that he knocked it off its axle.
We are a non-profit organization made up of four board members. We have done several fundraisers. You may have seen me set up at the F&M Picnic or Harvest & Herb Festival in Ada. Each year, around October, we have a ride/party in honor of TJ.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Here's a postscript to the November 27 article VFW flag retirement ceremony honors the Stars and Stripes. J.D. Fleece, president of the VFW Auxiliary, reports that there were approximately 100 people in attendance and 1,300-1,500 flags retired.
Ada’s volleyball team held our annual Dig for a Cure event earlier this month on Monday, October 6 with Pandora Gilboa. Together, both teams raised a grand total of $2,602.
This year the money was divided in half to benefit a family member or friend from both teams. Half was donated to a Pandora Gilboa varsity team member’s mom who is battling breast cancer. The other half is being donated to Not By Choice Outreach in honor of Evanne Dunlap, a graduate from Ada in 2008, who has also been battling breast cancer.
We wanted to notify the public that there will be a village-wide food and school supply drive on October 25 to benefit our very own Ada Food Pantry and Ada Exempted Village Schools. We will have teams of volunteers walking and driving around the Village collecting donations that day.
