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APL hosts Professor Tony at the park

As part of Summer Read activities, the Ada Public Library is hosting Professor Tony and his comedy, juggling and magic act at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27 at Ada War Memorial Park.

Book review: Station Eleven

This is not a new book by Emily St. John Mandel (“The Singers Gun,” “The Last Night In Montreal,” “The Lola Quartet”). It was written in 2014, long before Covid-19, but not as long as apocalyptic dystopian stories have been around. Think about Noah's story, and the end of the world as he knew it. And all the dead unbelievers after the end of civilization. So many lives taken away in so short a time. It is unconscionable.

While the concept isn't new, this author has a new, modern story written in a new and interesting way. It is a brilliant telling of a now all too believable scenario in our modern age of air flight and a pandemic disease from which there is no hiding .

“Station Eleven” (Thorndike Press, ISBN 978-4104-7417-9, ISBN 1-4104-7417-8) is such a tale.

A swine flu mutation originating in Georgia, Russia spreads so easily and quickly that there is no time to avoid it. It spreads everywhere, killing anybody who comes close to it. The disease kills 99 percent of the human race and leaves the survivors in a place without any modern civilization to guide them; no police, no phones, no computers, no food after the stores have been robbed of anything edible. Nobody that was in the world they used to know, much like Noah's old tale of woe.

Community meal at St. Mark Lutheran on June 28

St. Mark Lutheran Church will be serving it's Community Meal on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. (or whenever they run out) at the church on the corner of Johnson and Lincoln streets in Ada. 

Repaint or Photoshop?

A view of construction at the site of the future Wilson Football factory prompts us to ask the question, will the water tower be repainted to show the Wilson logo from this location?

Tornado watch issued for evening of June 25

A tornado watch has been issued for Hardin and surrounding counties for the evening of June 25. Allen County and areas to the northwest have an alert issued through 8:00 p.m. Other parts of Ohio have an alert issued through 11:00 p.m. For updated information, visit www.weather.gov/

ACE Day provides beautification opportunity

Ohio Northern University is currently registering organizations, businesses and residents for its annual Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day to be held on Saturday, Aug. 19, from 9:00 a.m.-noon.

A partnership with the village of Ada, the ACE Day program provides opportunities for ONU’s first-year students to not only engage with the community but also contribute to the village's beautification. Students will take part in one-hour shifts (9:30-10:30 a.m) or two-hour shifts (9:30-11:30 a.m.).

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