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Canteen open including New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
By Paula Pyzik Scott
UPDATED at 5:00 p.m., December 30__High winds peeled off some large roof panels on the Ream McElroy VFW Post #3981 on Monday, December 29. Weather forecasts for the area included gusts of up to 45 miles per hour.
A crew was constructing a temporary cover at midday on Tuesday, December 30. The weather continued to be bitter cold and windy with some snow flurries.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hardin County congratulated the 27 "amazine, supportive and committed community members" who took part in the December 20 Run Rudolph 5K race in Ada.
The 1st place male and female runners were Kristin Salyer and Joey Carl.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Not everyone is ready, willing and able to handle an auditorium full of excited 4th-8th graders. Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel was not only ready, when he appeared at the Ada Schools on Thursday, November 13 to promote the Governor's Healthy Ohio Team Tressel Fitness Challenge, he was determined to turn up the volume.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce invited its Facebook followers to share Northern Lights photos from the evening of November 11 and they obliged with enthusiasm. At the time of this article, there were 63 responses to the request. Above is a sampler of the photos. View the exchange at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Y6dvf8LzU/
NOV 10 MEDIA RELEASE__Ada Elementary School will be awarded $5,000 to enhance STEM learning through the Ohio STEM Learning Network Classroom Grant Program, funded by philanthropy from Battelle. This funding is part of a broader effort that has issued 194 grants this year to develop enduring, STEM-based educational projects.
