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Letter: November 9 Music Feast looking for volunteers

Posted by Staff on Sunday, October 20, 2024

Music Feast 11/9/24 signup HERE 
Prep Day 11/8/2024 singup HERE

We SO appreciate your interest in our 47th Annual Ada Music Feast! This tradition started in the fall of 1978 under the leadership of then directors E. Lynn Knoble and Dean McDowell and has grown and evolved ever since.

This is the first major Show Choir Competition for most of the attending Show Choirs coming from all around the state of Ohio. The groups are judged on their vocals, instrumental accompaniment, and choreography. ▶︎

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October 10 injury accident on SR 81 at Klingler Rd.

Posted by Staff on Saturday, October 19, 2024

A possible injury rollover accident occurred in Ada on October 10, 2024 at 8:44 p.m., when a driver failed to stop at the intersection of Klingler Rd./County Road 35 at State Route 81.

Walter Henry Gibson, 27, of North Lewisburg, Oh. was traveling northbound on Klingler Rd. in the area of State Route 81, when his Toyota Prius ran the stop sign at the intersection of CR 35 and SR 81. This caused a Ford Expedition traveling eastbound and driven by Mary Theresa Soto, 59, of Ada, Oh, to strike the Prius.

The Prius came to a rest in the roadway, while the Expedition overturned in a nearby yard. Both vehicles were disabled.

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Bulldog football falls to Rockets

Posted by Staff on Saturday, October 19, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

PANDORA – The visiting Ada High School football team lost its second-place battle at Blanchard Valley Conference rival Pandora-Gilboa 34-14 Friday night, October 18.

P-G seized control by scoring 20 unanswered points on its three second-half possessions to pull away from a 14-14 tie and win. 

The Bulldogs fell to 7-2 overall and 5-2 in BVC play with the loss that snapped a five-game win streak. The loss ended any Ada chance of sharing the league title in their first BVC season.

P-G broke a second-place tie with Ada after the win, which kept the Rockets a game behind Liberty-Benton (7-0). 

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September 2024 students of the month at Ada Elementary

Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, October 19, 2024

Meet the September Students of the Month at Ada Elementary: Kindergarten: Henry "Hank" Klear and Charlotte Donohue; 1st Grade: Calvin Jolliff and Laylynn Shoemaker; 2nd Grade: Rylee Robinson and Petra Risser; 3rd Grade: Aiden Smith and Azraella Downing; 4th Grade: Robbie Sibert and Aurora Long; 5th Grade: Braden Lightner and Lilly Klear.

 

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Weekend Doctor: Peripheral neuropathy

Posted by Staff on Saturday, October 19, 2024

By Matthew Nienberg, PA-C
Pain Management, Blanchard Valley Pain Management

Have you felt burning and stinging in your feet that just will not go away?

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Jack D. Smittle owned Smittle’s Pharmacy

Posted by Staff on Friday, October 18, 2024

Jack D. Smittle, 93, formerly of Ada and Westerville, Ohio, died October 14, 2024, at Provision Living at Findlay, from the progression of prolymphocytic leukemia.

Jack was born July 13, 1931, in Portsmouth, Ohio, to Mary D. (Podwell) and George D. Smittle. On August 27, 1955, he married Thelma Maxine (Wells) Smittle and she predeceased him on Oct. 2, 2024. 

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