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Why group piano for children?

Group piano offers a fantastic opportunity to be involved in music-making that develops overall musicianship while learning basic piano skills, according to Vicki Mills of Miss Vicki's Music Studio, Ada.

She adds: "7 and 8 year olds love to sing, move, create, and play... all aspects of a group piano setting that capitalizes on the sense of joy experienced in a social situation while learning how to move those fingers on a piano in a meaningful way!"

You might ask: "Why group piano?"

Vicki answers:

Stratton Greenhouses open Memorial Day

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, Bluffton, will be open on Memorial Day from noon to 5 p.m.

All geraniums and mixed planters are 25 percent off. Stratton Greenhouses is also open Sundays in May from noon to 5 p.m.

Two weekend open houses by Bayhomes of Bluffton are planned in the Parkview Development, according to Keith McClintock of McClintock Builders.

The open houses are from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28 and June 3-4, according to McClintock.

The houses open to the public have the following features:

Vicki Mills offers several music class options

Want to make some music this summer?

Vicki Mills can help. Miss Vicki’s Music Studio, 2613 State Route 81 (West North Avenue), Ada, has a range of summer classes for youth through adults. For more information contact Mills at 419-679-8259. Or CLICK HERE for the studio website.

Here’s the summer schedule:

Tuesday evenings – June 13 to Aug. 8
(no classes June 20 or July 4)

Choir (grades 1-3) – 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Choir (grades 4-8) - 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Sheena and Tom Dotson of Tommy’s Tires, expanded their businesses recently by purchasing a long-established Bluffton vehicle repair business, Leiber Garage.

The Dotsons own a truck and tractor sales division in Ada, at the intersection of State Route 235 and 309.

Tom Dotson said, “The Leiber purchase adds to our total company business making us a one-stop shop.”

Dotson said Leiber’s will remain at 130 Vance St., Bluffton, and will continue with its current employees and the vehicle repair services it has offered the community.

The sale was completed on April 21, according to Dotson.

And it's printer friendly!

One of the most viewed items on the Ada Icon is the Viva Maria Pizza and Pasta menu.

The restaurant at 124 E. Buckeye St., Ada, has a new menu and it is now on the Icon.

There are three ways to view this printer-friendly menu:

• CLICK HERE TO VIEW

• Open the attachment at the bottom of this story - it's the menu.

• Go to the black horizontal scroll bar at the top of the home page. On the far right click on "Menus." There you will see menus of all restaurants that are Icon advertisers. Click on Viva Maria. The menu will open.

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