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What's cooking at the library?

Ingredients include liquid starch, school glue, food coloring, water, and, for good measure, some small foam balls
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 24, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
What are these teens cooking up?

The ingredients include liquid starch, school glue, food coloring, water, and, for good measure, some small foam balls.

When done, their concoction is called Slimey-Wimey Goo, which turns out to make a type of foam that can be molded.

It’s one of the Ada Public Library’s after school activities for teens. Oh, and they were served waffles (the real kind) made by Natalie Walton, library youth activities director.

“Chefs” are Elsie Allen, Madison Archer, Alden Boulanger.

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Library visit

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Ada kindergarten students ventured to the library on Monday.

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Reading Carnival planned for May 4

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 30, 2018

Star Wats is the theme of this year’s Reading Carnival sponsored by the Ada Academic Boosters to encourage reading. The Carnival, for students from kindergarten to 5th grade, will occur on Friday, May 4, in the 86 Gym.

There will be carnival games, pop corn, and a bulldog shop. Wilson the Ada Bulldog will be around for pictures with students. 

The event is organized by parent volunteers with Amber Simon and Lori Poling as this year’s co-chairs.

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A new chapter to a favorite Ada book

Public Library celebrates grand reopening
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 29, 2018

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
It’s time to celebrate...cut the ribbon and open the door of the Ada Public Library’s new look, a facility that will probably do the community well into the next century.

Work on the renovation and addition has been going on since last July. Miraculously, the library closed for only one week during that time (to install ceiling tiles and wiring). 

Patrons continued to flow into the library during construction, and they came out in force on Saturday during the Grand Re-Opening, because now all is done, the dust cleared, even the grass seed applied. 

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Library ribbon cutting ceremony

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, April 28, 2018

Ada Public Library board members and staff cut the ribbon during the Grand Re-Opening of the library’s addition/renovation on Saturday morning. Watch for more Ada Icon photos and stories to be posted on Sunday evening.

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Down on the farm

With chicks and goats
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 25, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
If someone can write an extremely popular book about a cat in a hat, maybe someone with imagination can write a book about chicks and goats.

Baby chicks and goats entertained kids at the Ada Public Library on Wednesday morning. Parents probably would not be serving broasted chicken for supper tonight, but goat milk may be ok.

Here, Quinn Spelman, 2, enjoys seeing the baby chick held by Natalie Walton, library youth services director.

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These are young pet goats, which may grow up to be 60 pounds at most. The two-week-old goats were brought to the Ada Public Library by Tiffany and Nate Conn.

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