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Special council meeting set May 26

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 22, 2015

David Retterer, Ada mayor, has called a special council meeting for Tuesday, May 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ada Historic Depot for the purpose of considering two resolutions and a pay ordinance.

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Stratton Greeenhouses open Memorial Day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 22, 2015

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Liincoln Highway, Bluffton, is open Memorial Day from noon to 5 p.m., according to Susie and Steve Stratton.

There are several weekend specials including:
• $10 off all $39.89 mixed planters
• $5 off all $19.89 and $16.89 mixed planters

Stratton Greenhouse hours are:
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays in May noon to 5 p.m.

419-358-6950
www.strattongreenhouses.com

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Ada girls' 4th; boys' 9th at NWC track meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, May 22, 2015

Ada High Schools' girls' track team finished fourth while the boys ended in ninth place in the Northwest Conference track meet held last weekend in Columbus Grove.

CLICK HERE to view all meet stats.

Girls Standings
1 Columbus Grove 159
2 Bluffton 90
3 Spencerville 79
4 Ada 64
5 Lincolnview 44
6 Allen East 31
7 Paulding 28
8 Jefferson 22
9 Crestview 9

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Memorial Day observance at 2 p.m. in Woodlawn, followed by service at Preston Cemetery

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 21, 2015

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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Lights out

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 21, 2015

When a light bulb burns out in the parking lot of The Inn at ONU it's not a simple "climb a ladder job." It takes a fork lift and a trip the Ada's second floor, where the birds fly.

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Ada's Farmers' Market returns in June - this time to the Depot parking lot

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 21, 2015

By Monty Siekerman
Yes, the Farmers Market will return to Ada this summer, but in a new location.

The market will operate from the Railroad Depot parking lot from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays beginning June 4.

There was a question about its operating this year due to new restrictions, regulations and requirements demanded by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which now oversees farmers markets.

Those issues have now been resolved thanks to the assistance of ReStore personnel.

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