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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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1935 Ada Schools withdrew from the county system to become Exempted Village School District. This move made the school district directly responsible to the state department of education.

September 1935 Play-by-play announcing of high school football games was inaugurated here with Leland Smull and Harold Huber in charge.

 

By Cort Reynolds

OTTOVILLE - Unbeaten host Ottoville pulled away from a close game near halftime to post an 83-51 non-league win over the Ada boys basketball team Saturday night.  

 

The Bulldogs fell to 1-2 with their second road defeat in as many nights, while hot-shooting Ottoville improved to 4-0 with the win.

 

Ada trailed 18-13 after one period and was only down four late in the first half before the Big Green spurted to a 36-26 halftime lead.

 

Ottoville then poured in 28 third quarter points to extend the margin to 64-40 and put the game out of reach.

 

Vancrest's second holiday craft grows from last year

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
In only its second year, the craft fair at Vancrest drew a large number of vendors--34--and a steady stream of shoppers throughout the day on Saturday.

Customers found a huge variety of holiday and everyday items to choose from, including jewelry, Christmas towels, Mary Kay products, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts. 

Here are some scenes from the fair, including people you may know and a glance at some of the one-of-a-kind items that were offered for sale.

Photo: Chris Gibson and daughter Kalua Sleesman hold a truck made by Chris' late husband Tom.

Hanson-Neely Funeral Homes 14th annual remembrance service was held at the Ada Chapel on Saturday afternoon. About 150 people made reservations for the service which included harp music by Nancy Glick of Arlington. In this photo, family members of Arthur and Elizabeth Krummrey place ornaments on the tree. Members of the Donna Buck family lit a remembrance candle. Personalized ornaments were placed on the tree in memory of loved ones. Pastors participating included Courtnie Morton of Sugar Grove United Methodist Church and Charles Moeller of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church.

Hanson-Neely Funeral Homes 14th annual remembrance service was held at the Ada Chapel on Saturday afternoon. About 150 people made reservations for the service which included harp music by Nancy Glick of Arlington. Members of the Donna Buck family lit a remembrance candle. Personalized ornaments were placed on the tree in memory of loved ones. Pastors participating included Courtnie Morton of Sugar Grove United Methodist Church and Charles Moeller of Lafayette Congregational Christian Church. Bruce A. Neely welcomed all. In the next photo, Nancy Glick performs the harp.

Interesting connection with Lynne Scott's new book

By Monty Siekerman
Lynne Scott's book signing at the Ada Public Library on Saturday morning was deemed a success with seven people waiting in line when the autographing began.

Here, Lynne (right) is joined by her mother, Toledo artist Ellie Miller, who did the illustrations for "Tails from the Kennel: Truths Taught."  

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