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Dave Archer spoke at the Ada Memorial Day service at the VFW on Monday afternoon.

About 100 people attended the service sponsored by the Ada American Legion and Ada VFW.

Archer, a Marine who served in Vietnam, said Memorial Day is a mournful time in remembrance of our fallen warriors and encouraged the crowd to pray for the families and give them a comforting ear. He  urged those in attendance to honor the memory of men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

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Ada High School's class of 2015 celebrated its graduation with Sunday commencement exercises. Fifty-five seniors graduated.

The class colors are purple and gold, class flower, purple tulip and class motto: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" - Oscar Wilde.

Monty Siekerman provides the following photos of the event, during and afterwards. Check out the photos below.

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Angela Rembis is Ada Community Pool manager this season.

She reports 32 swimmers on the first day, Saturday. The pool is open from 1 to 8 p.m. daily. Cost is $3 per person, free for those under 3.

There is a midnight swim for teens from 8 p.m. until midnight every Tuesday, beginning this week. (Monty Siekerman)

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Cedar Cove is now closed to the public.

The popular swimming and fishing pond and gardens located three miles north of Ada on State Route 235 has been sold by Monty Siekerman.

For the past 14 years, Cedar Cove has played host to numerous garden clubs, Bible studies, birthday parties, and weddings.

During a hot summer, the land has drawn more than 10,000 people for swimming, fishing, Frisbee, or just plain relaxing...all free to those who wanted to visit.

The garden contains more than 250 varieties of trees and shrubs. The property has been described by many as "a little piece of Heaven" and "peaceful."

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Construction is on schedule for Ada's new $16 million water treatment plant on East Lincoln.

Here, men work atop the three clarifier tanks, which will make the water more clear.

There were 40 workers on site Friday afternoon. Completion date: May of 2016.
(Monty Siekerman photo)

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The Ada VFW and American Legion will conduct the annual Memorial Day services, Monday, May 25, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ada and at Preston Cemetery east of Alger on Monday.

The Ada service will begin at 2 p.m. at the monument near the chapel on the east side of the cemetery. The speaker will be Dave Archer who served in Vietnam.

 The service in Preston will follow immediately afterward.

In Ada, there will be an invocation, a speaker, and youth going to Boys' and Girls' State will read the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and the poem "In Flanders's Field" written by John McCrae in1915.

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