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Spa and Bingo Sunday for Lemaster benefit

A spa day and Bingo benefit will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, at Affinity Hall on the ONU campus.

Money raised will go toward medical expenses of Lisa Beltz Lemaster.

Ada VFW serving breakfast every Sunday

The Ada VFW serves breakfast every Sunday, except holidays, at the post on State Route 235 north of Ada.

The breakfast, which is open to the public, is served from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for $4 or $7.

Ada celebrates July 4th on July 2 with Lima Symphony concert

The Lima Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Fourth of July with a “Patriotic Pops” concert on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Saturday, July 2, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The concert will take place on the sculpture mall east of McIntosh Center between Presser and Weber halls. This fun-filled family event will feature patriotic music, movie classics, popular tunes and a tribute to our armed services.

Stop and smell the roses

Karl Roider and his basset hound, George, stop and smell the roses at the Ada Depot park.

Stratton Greenhouses has buy 1, get 1 free sale

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, has a buy one, get one free sale going on, according to Susie Stratton.

• Buy 1, get 1 free sale on 209 wave petunias and full flats of 5" annuals
• 25 percent off containers of flowers
• 50 percent off full 36 count flats of flowers and vegetables
• 50 percent off blueberries and strawberries

Stratton Greenhouses
419-358-6950
www.strattongreenhouses.com

Libbie Milks will march in the 2017 Rose Bowl Parade

Don’t invite Libbie Milks to your New Year’s Eve party. She’ll be in Pasadena, California.

The Ada High School senior was recently selected to perform with the Bands of America Honor Band in the 2017 Rose Parade.

She will spend a week in southern California, where she will have rehearsals, performances at the Tournament of Roses Bandfest and Disneyland, special activities and a featured appearance in the world-famous parade.

Here’s how it came about:

Unknown to Libbie, Jonathan Lischak, Ada HS music teacher, submitted a tape of her playing the flute as part of the application process to be selected for the 300-piece band.

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