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The things a 3D printer can do

Join the next session at the library on Monday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 12, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Rhett Grant, Ada Public Library director, demonstrated what a 3D printer can do and explained how it works during two sessions held at the library last week.

He plans another meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday for those interested.

Here, Connie Fleming president of the library board, and Angela Carman and daughter Isabelle watch the machine make a ghost out of plastic.

The equipment is on loan from NORWELD, a consortium of libraries, and will travel from library to library for demonstrations. The 3D printer takes a coil of plastic and forms whatever the computer software tells it to.

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September full of activities at Ada Public Library

Storytime, make a craft, jam sessions, and make a craft
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 4, 2017

Construction at Ada Public Library has no effect on September programming as the library released its monthly calendar this week.

Here’s some of the September library highlights:

Tuesday, Sept. 5 – Family storytime, 11 a.m.; adult book group, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept.  9 – 3D print demonstration, 11 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 14 – Food art for Kindergarteners through 5th graders, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 16 – Make a craft, 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 21 – Jam session, bluegrass, country, folk, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28 – Board games for patrons 18 and older, 6 p.m.

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Q: What will the library look like when it's finished?

A: The renovation overview helps answer the question
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 17, 2017

With construction of a new addition underway at the Ada Public Library, the question from patrons is: What will it look like when it's finished?"

A library renovation overview helps answer that question. In the overview the current entrance is at the top. The addition is on the right.

 Studer-Obringer, Inc. of New Washington, is the contractor for the renovation according to Rhett Grant, library director.

Funding for the renovation and addition comes from a dedicated fund.

The addition on the northeast side of the library will add some much needed space. Additional parking will be added, as well as an outdoor reading area.

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Ada Public Library at 100

Here's a fun reading offer you can hardly refuse
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 3, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
It's the Ada Public Library centennial, so does that mean you should read a hundred books in celebration?

Nope, the library has a plan for patrons to read one book from each of the last decades. Those who accomplish the feat are eligible for a $25 Amazon gift card drawing.

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Part 3 - How we have grown in 100 years

History of the Ada Public Library, The library today
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 21, 2017

By Rhett Grant, Library Director

 

Many remember the library as a quiet place.  That is not the case today.

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First 100 years of the library

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, July 20, 2017

Rhett Grant, new Ada Public Library director, shows his wife Jenny some of the historical documents describing the first 100 years of the library.  

He gave a talk on Saturday morning about the library's history, although he just came to town from a suburb of Atlanta just a few weeks ago.

History is one of his areas of interest, so although he is new to the community he has already learned a lot about where he works.

The Ada Icon is posting his history of the library in three parts this week. 

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