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Ada Historical Society continues to grow
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 12, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
The newly-formed Ada Historical Society met for the fourth time on Monday evening at the Ada Public Library.

Two new members of the organizing committee attended, bringing to 17 the number of residents who are interested in forming the Society to preserve local history.

The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, at the library. All those interested in Ada/Liberty Township history are invited to attend.

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LULUS 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 11, 2017

You'll find LULUS 1 on a bright red Dodge truck, usually parked at Lu Lu's Diner, 114 E. College Ave., Bluffton.

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Two times at bat, two home runs

Streamline Insurance and Wine and Design window decorating contest winner
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 6, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
It's two times at bat and two home runs for Streamline Insurance and Wine and Design, located at 220 N. Main.

They won the Chamber of Commerce window decorating contest for the second year, a contest which is only in its second year.

Mark and Vicki Southwood own Streamline while their daughter Amanda Morrison has Wine and Design. The Ada Public Library placed second. There was a three-way tie for third with COSI, Hays Insurance, and Liberty National Bank.

 

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Everyone was Merry on Main

Chamber kicks off Ada's holiday season
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 5, 2017

LOTS OF MERRY ON
MAIN PHOTOS BELOW!
By Monty Siekerman
If you saw reindeer in the sky pulling a sleigh on Monday evening, you may have been a little inebriated.

If you saw two reindeer munching hay in the Railroad Depot parking lot, consider yourself sober. The pair of well-behaved reindeer were a big draw, especially with children, during Merry on Main sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

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The holiday windows of Ada

You'll find this one at Ada Public LIbrary
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 4, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Jenny Grant, with a little help from her husband, Rhett, painted the big front window of the Ada Public Library for the window decorating contest.

You don't often associate attorneys with being artists (Jenny practiced law near Atlanta before moving to Ada last summer) but she honed her window drawing talent when she was a teenager working for a movie theater.

Back then, she'd occasionally draw a picture on the theater window telling passers-by what was playing. Rhett, the new library director, helped some...by coloring in the building, tree, and wording.

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KLS2ELS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 4, 2017

You'll find this plate on a white Nissan parked just off Main Street, Ada. Looks like a husband and wife combination.

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