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Boys' basketball: Bulldog boys edged by Kalida

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - It went down to the final second, but the Ada boys basketball team
lost a hard-fought home opener to visiting Kalida Friday night by a 62-59
count.

The Bulldogs fell to 1-1 while the Wildcats improved to 2-0 after the
final outcome.

Wildcat senior guard Trent Siebeneck sank two pressure foul shots with 4.5
seconds remaining to provide a 62-59 lead, yet Ada had a chance to tie
with a three-pointer.

Here's what happening this week at the public library

Here's a run down of upcoming activities this week at the Ada Public Library

• Tuesday, 11 am and 6 pm, Family story time
• Wednesday, 11 am, Sensory science
2 p.m., movie, "It's a Wonderful Life"
• Thursday, 2 p.m., movie, "The Christmas Story."
5:30 until 7 pm, Gingerbread houses, signup required
• Friday, 3:30 until 4:30 p.m., Gingerbread houses, signup required

The Christmas bells of Liberty Naitonal

Corsica Arn, high on a ladder, hangs bright red bells in the Liberty National Bank front window. Click the next photo to see how high the bells are being hung. (Monty Siekerman photos)

Pharmacist Deb Retterer hangs up her white coat at the end of this month

One of her first jobs out of ONU was at Gardner's Pharmacy, Ada

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Deb Retterer, Greg’s Pharmacy of Bluffton manager and pharmacist, hangs up her white coat for the final time later this month.

Retterer of Ada, has handled pharmacy needs of  area residents since 1989 when she joined Greg Conkling in a part-time position.

After Conking sold the pharmacy to Clark’s in January of 2013 Retterer became the store manager. In that role, she’s more than a pharmacist. She oversees store sales, expenses, inventory and staff needs.

Today the pharmacy employs eight persons including two pharmacists, four certified pharmacy technicians and two Ohio Northern University pharmacy interns.

Harold Blevins was retired from Airfoil Textron, Lima

Harold James Blevins, 83, died on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at 5:29 a.m. at his residence in Ada.

He was born on Feb. 21, 1933 in Offut, Ky., to James N. and Julia (Boyd) Blevins who preceded him in death. On Feb. 8, 1954, Harold married Clara Castle and she preceded him in death on Nov. 21, 2006.

Harold retired in 1991 from Airfoil Textron formerly Ex-Cello of Lima. He loved to be outdoors gardening, hunting and fishing.

100 years ago Ada High School's orchestra organized

Lots of familiar names like, Klingler, Agin, Poling, Friedly and others

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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