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Hardin county 4-H will demonstrate its new 3-D printer with its 4-H afterschool program from 4 to 5 p.m.,Thursday, Dec. 18,  at ReStore Community Center, Ada.

This afterschool is called Ada Tech Wizards, involving fourth, fifth and sixth grade students, and is funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) office. 

The $20,000 grant helps local Hardin County youth learn about current technology through STEM-based afterschool programming. 

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Community Health Professionals conference room, according to Deb Curlis, chamber president.

The meeting will include election of officers for 2015 in addition to other items of chamber business.

Rolls and Coffee will be served.

Having a difficult time deciding what to wear tomorrow?

Here's a cue from Ada High School. It's Student Council Spirit Week. Each day has a different dress theme. Here's this week's dress schedule. 

Merry Monday---Wear your Santa hat to school, get a cookie at lunch! If you don’t have a Santa hat, cookies will be available for purchase at lunch. All proceeds will benefit ReStore.

Tinsel Tuesday—Dress in your shiniest clothes and stop in the library to vote for your favorite Christmas movie…it will be played in the library on Friday.

Six Ada Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) trustee terms expire on Dec. 31, according to Angela Polachek, administrative assistant for the Village of Ada.

The December CIC meeting is at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 17, in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern Univeristy. Trustees will be voted upon at the meeting.

Those trustees are Beth Fenton, Jimmy Wilson, Dick Lawrence, Norm Rex, Don Traxler and Polachek.  The CIC meets monthly.

Deb Curlis and Dave Retterer make up the nominating committee.

Don't forget the ReStore auction to benefit the Beacon Fund. The auction is Saturday, Dec. 13.

Eighty items will be auctioned; proceeds will help people with utility shutoffs, evictions, and other crises. The auction begins at 5 p.m.; doors open at 4 p.m. to view items. 

And, check out the rest of the news from ReStore by opening the attachment at the bottom of this story. The attachment includes the current ReStore newsletter.

Ada students have an open lunch opportunity on Thursday. Here's how it works:

Open lunch for students in grades 9-12 will begin at 11:40 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. All students must exit the building through the doors at Door 17 (end of high school hallway).

Students will be required to sign out at this location. Dismissal will be staggered in an effort to make the sign-out process more efficient (Juniors/ Seniors called at 11:30 a.m., Sophomores 11:35 a.m. Freshman 11:40 a.m..

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