By Monty Siekerman
ReStore Community Center celebrated its 10th anniversary on Tuesday evening with more than 100 people in attendance for dinner, birthday cake, and to hear several speakers who have been involved with the effort from Day One or who are among today's leaders.
A slide show of people and activities, current and in the past, showed on a screen during dinner.
The ONU Astronomy Club will host a free event for the public at the ONU Observatory on Friday, Nov 4, from 8-10 p.m., according to Dr. Jason Pinkney, professor of Physics and Astronomy.
The theme is "The Blue Planets: Uranus and Neptune." The outermost two Jovian planets both have bluish hues attributed to methane in their atmospheres. Each planet has an interesting history and unique characteristics. Uranus is tilted about 98 degrees onto its side so it has the most extreme seasons.
It's the 39th annual Ada Music Boosters Ada Music Feast Show Choir Invitational Competition.
Fourteen show choirs from Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana will compete on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Ada Varsity Singers, directed by Scott Henning, vocal music director and Jonathan Lischak, Ddirector of instrumental and co-director, will provide an exhibition performance as the host school for this day-long event.
Ada Music Feast always draws a “standing room only” crowd and is one of the best attended and well run show choir competitions in the Midwest.
You won't find this plate on the street. It's a combination of nine different license plates that spells "TOMMY TIRE," an Ada business. It's on diplay in the Bluffton office. We see mostly Ohio plates and two states that we can't identify used in this artistic work.
Padrone’s Pizza won bragging rights for the best pizza in Ada following Monday night’s Ada pizza bake off sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.
Also competing the contest were East of Chicago, Easter House and Cosi. Residents who tasted the three entries based the award upon voting that took place.
In addition, donations at the event totaled over $100 to be donated between ReStore Community Center and the Ada Food Pantry.
Several Ada residents were winners in the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce fun fact game.
