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Once upon a time there was a polar bear that lived on a big ice flow...that seems to be the story unfolding during playtime with this student at Ready, Set, Grow Pre-school.

Kids in grades 4th-12th grades are welcome to pop by the Ada Library, Wednesday, March 25th from 3:30-4:30p.m. for pancakes. The event will be held in the Meeting Room, where the kids can also study, or chat with their peers. As always, the program is FREE.

For more information, call Ms. Natalie @ 419-634-5246.

Easter Egg Hunts
• Kappa Alpha Theta, noon, Sunday, March 29, Ada War Memorial Park
• St Paul's United Church of Christ, 2 pm, Friday, April 3
• Alger Assembly of God, registration 9 am, hunt 10 am, Saturday, April 4.

USV Kindergarten
Kindergarten registration for next year will be held at USV from 8:30 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, May 12. Call 419-757-3231 before May 4 to register your child for kindergarten screening.

The Hardin County Hootenannies 4-H Club will hold their first meeting on Sunday, March 29, at 4 p.m. in the Ag Credit meeting room in Kenton. This club is open to any youth in grades 3-12 who want to be members of 4-H in Hardin County  

We work hard to help youth who wish to take goats as a project to the fair (most of the line up for last year's Hardin County Grand Champ drive were members of our club).  

Laura Ferguson of Ada was appointed Hardin County Grange Deputy by Ohio State Grange Master, Robert White at the Pomona meeting at Painter Creek Grange last Saturday night. 

Laura is the third generation to hold this post with her great-grandparents, Nate and Ilo Stober, and her grandparents, John and Ruth Ferguson, all of Ada, also serving as deputies. 

Laura’s duties include overseeing youth and women’s activities in all of the Hardin County Granges, and acting as communicator between National and State Grange and the local Granges.

Gary Lee McCurdy, 71, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 9:58 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

He was born on June 1, 1943, in Lima, Ohio, to Paul L. and Lois L. (Boyer) McCurdy and they preceded him in death. On May 6, 1977 he married Judith M. Schmenk and she survives in Ada.

Gary was a small business owner and a retired financial advisor. He was a 1961 graduate of Ada High School, and a 1965 graduate of Ohio Northern University. Gary was an accomplished pianist and an avid fisherman, as well as a Royal Arch Mason. Gary was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Ada.

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