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Village Voice: Ghouls, goblins and witches hit the sidewalks of Ada

The annual haunting of Ada’s Main Street and sidewalks takes place next week.

On Monday, Oct. 27, the annual Halloween parade sponsored by the Ada Kiwanis takes place. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., in the parking lot behind the Municipal Building. The parade begins at 6 p.m. The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and the Buy Local committee will also take part in the festivities with soup and pie cook-offs. Several area businesses will be open until 8 p.m., and horse drawn wagon rides will add to the downtown excitement.

Meow

Ada elementary school second grader, Aubrey Nash, took time to dress as a cat during Oct. 21 "dress in your favorite Halloween character day." The dress up day is part of Ada's Spirit Week, which leads to homecoming this weekend.

Bean counters

Two students at the Ohio Northern University Pre-School focus on counting and weighing beans during class time recently.

When pep was a club - 45 years ago

Forty-five sports seasons ago the Ada High School Pep Club had its beginning.  This was a popular club for many area school in the 1970s. This photo shows the first year of the club, during the 1969-70 school year.

Click on image to read the members of the club.

Trick-or-treat

Tuesday was "wear your favorite Halloween costume" at Ada schools. Ben Thaxton, assistant principal, and Julie Thaxton, eighth grade teacher, decided to dress as (Ben: Ada baseball player) and (Julie: Ada cheerleader). This week is "Spirit Week" at Ada schools as a prep for homecoming on Friday.

Introducing the 2014 Ada High School homecoming court

It’s homecoming week at Ada High School and on Friday evening a 2014 king and queen will be crowned in a pre-game ceremony prior to the Delphos Jefferson football game.

MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Here’s the members of this year’s court:

King candidates
Cort Everhart, son of Keith and Tammy Everhart.
He is the FFA president, senior class vice president, student council vice president, Foreign Language Club member, Aspirations team member, National Honor Society member, baseball letter winner and a scholar athlete.

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