By Monty Siekerman
Ada’s City Building, constructed as a WPA project during the Great Depression, probably will receive a major renovation in 2019. Village officials have been considering what to include in a refurbishing with adding an elevator, safety, and efficiency the top priorities.
Village Council, and it’s committees, now meet on the top floor but this is inconvenient for the disabled public, press, and council members to attend.
Technicon Design Group, an architectural, engineering, and design group in Ottawa, is drawing up plans with the hope that the project can be bid and work completed in 2019.
By Monty Siekerman
Phase I of the Willeke Street project is nearly complete with only blacktopping left to be done, which is scheduled for next week. The $1.1 million project included new storm sewers, new sanitary sewers, new catch basins, water mains, sidewalks and gutters, and rebuilt road.
Phase II, slated for bid and completion next year, will include the same improvements. The cost will be $1.4 million. The Village received a $500,000 state grant for phase I and a similar amount for phase II. Part of the cost will be assessed the property owners.
Avanell J. Brace, 94, passed away Tuesday Oct. 9, 2018 in Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on January 29, 1924 in Ada. She was the oldest child of the late Vynal and Mabel (Rhodes) Kindle of Ada. On June 22, 1950 Avanell married Franklin R. Brace who died September 1, 1999.
The Ohio Paranormal Ghost Gals will present a program on their paranormal investigations when they speak at the Ada Public Library on Saturday. The Lima women, known as Ghost Gals, will talk about their findings, how they investigate paranormal occupancies, and what equipment they use at the 11 a.m. program.
They investigate for free. If interested in having them check out an old house, outbuilding, or property, call 419-234-1717.
Vancrest of Ada will hold a costume 5K run on Saturday, Oct. 13. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The fun run will begin at 9 a.m. and the 5K will start at 9:30 a.m
Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” will deliver a talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 18 in the Freed Center. The talk is free and open to the public.
“Dreamland,” which was published in 2015, chronicles how the drug epidemic tore apart the once thriving community of Portsmouth, Ohio. In the award-winning book, Quinones looks at how dependency upon painkillers devastated the southern Ohio city.
The problem was largely fueled by the emergence of OxyContin, a painkiller with devastatingly addictive properties. The story is repeated throughout countless small, rural towns and suburbs across America.
