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Mayor Retterer proclaims the special day with a proclamation

Lifelong Ada resident, Cathy Cole, was recognized by the village as Mayor David Retterer designated Wednesday, Dec. 18, as "Councilor Cathy Cole Day in the Village of Ada."

Cole is going off the Ada council at the end of the year after serving on it for 14 years.

The wording of the mayoral proclaimation designating the special day follows:

Whereas, Cathy Cole has served as a counselor for the Village of Ada for 14 years, and

Whereas, Cathy has served as the chair of the personnel committee for most of those years of service with the Village of Ada, and

Shaina Phillips, an Ada High School student, stands in front of Elaine Garber, high school teacher. The two were among countless Ada students and teachers dressed in "plaid" on Wednesday. It was the dress code of the day during the last week of school in 2019.

Bethany Schreck McCall feels lucky to design a project for an impactful organization

FROM ONU ARTS AND DESIGN FACEBOOK –  Ohio Northern graduate, Bethany (Schreck) McCall (BFA/advertising design ’11) recently designed the Magic of Mentoring event for The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

TMP of Southwestern Pennsylvania helps children by delivering resources to mentoring programs throughout the region.

It also promote the importance of quality mentoring, present best practices and research, and deliver training, technical assistance and professional development for the staff and volunteers of local programs.

McCall said that she felt “very lucky to design for uplifting and impactful organizations."

Ada elementary doorways have their own holiday charm

Sections of winning doors from each grade level are at the bottom of this story -
The themes vary from “Chillin’ with my snowmies,” to “Reading a good book is snow worth melting more.”

You’ll discovers theses and addition profound holiday thoughts on the doorways of each Ada elementary classroom this month.

The traditional deck-your-door project involves participation from each student in a creative way.

Three Ada students will represent Ada 4-H groups on the Hardin County Junior Fair Board in 2020. The students are Alyssa Wince, (returning member), and new members Riley Ferguson and Morgan Dirmeyer.

Don't be surprised if Ada middle schoolers asks for a checker board for Christmas

Attention middle school parents: You might consider a checker board as a Christmas present this year. That's right, checkers.

This month Ada sixth, seventh and eighth grade students are playing something more serious than March Madness and it is catching on. It’s the first-ever Ada middle school checkers tournament. 

With brackets posted across the school cafeteria walls, it appears that December Delirium has captured the imagination of 106 Ada middle school students. 

You know the rules:
• You are either red or black

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