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"Sometimes I even learn from my students!"

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By Darlene Bowers
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Kim Smittle.

Forensic scientist? Baker? Culinary artist? How about a teaching career? Kim Smittle has been working 31 years providing classroom experiences that make a lasting impression with her students.

What grade do you teach?
Kindergarten

Tell us about your extracurricular activities.
I am very involved with the music department.

And stop in for popcorn on Halloween trick-or-treat night

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Lots of events are planned at ReStore, 210 N. Main St., Ada, in October.

These include:
• Winter coat give-away
• Handing out popcorn to trick-or-treaters on Thursday, Oct. 27.

Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations are in the planning stages, according to Robet Kanzig, interim director.

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Mary Moyer Criblez, 71, died Oct. 13, 2016, following a stroke, 10 years to the week of the death of her husband, Thomas L. Criblez of Bluffton.

She was born March 8, 1945, in Lima to Adrian and Beulah (Roberts) Moyer who preceded her in death. Her sister, Janice Kuldau also preceded her in death.

Mary is survived by her two daughters, Linda (Arthur Higbee) Criblez of Saratoga, Calif., and Sally Criblez of Bethesda, Md.; her sister, Nancy Saddler of Harrod; her brother, Carl (Nolene) Moyer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and three grandsons, Gabriel, Jackson and Grant Higbee of Saratoga, Calif.

Delivers made week of Dec. 7

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The Ada High School Future Farmers of America fruit sale is underway. The sale runs from Oct. 13 to Nov. 14.

Items include oranges, grapefruit and apples. Deliverly is the week of Dec. 7. Contact any Ada High School FFA member to place an order.

 

 

Pies, cinnamon rolls, cookie dough, Swiss cheese, summer sausage

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Sweet, sweet goodness!

Ada High School and junior high choral students are selling yummy, delicious treats from the The Dough Hook, bakery, deli and meat market, Bluffton, as their fall fundraiser.

Items include:
Fresh-baked pies
cinnamon rolls
cookie doughs
Guggisberg baby Swiss cheese wheel and
Johnsville summer sausage. 

Please contact your favorite Ada music student or  Ada Music Boosters to place your order today.

Jamie Dellifield talks about Mental Health Day

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Ada Junior Civic League

The October meeting of the Ada JCL was hosted by Myra Berger and Linda Staley at the Ada Visiting Nurse with eight members present.  The meeting was called to order by President Linda Ferguson. 

The speakers for the evening included Amanda Bennett and Connie Fleming from the Ada Public Library.  Amanda thanked the club for our donation towards the summer reading program’s, she then spoke about the 5-year renewal levy for the library. 

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