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Ada Icon Dog of the Week

Dottie is a 3 year old spayed female bulldog mix. She weighs 78 pounds. She's a total lovebug, looking for her forever home!

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

Relay for Life raises $17,000 for cancer

12 hours of musical chairs, cornhole, pie a professor, luminarias...just for starters

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The Ohio Northern University 12-hour Relay for Life in the Sports Center on Friday night/Saturday morning generally raises about $17,000 for cancer.

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Many organizations help with the event that honors survivors, remembers those who passed on, and provides money for cancer research and education.

ONU's annual Relay for Life begins with a walk honoring cancer survivors. The survivors were encouraged on with applause as they circled the track at the beginning of the night/morning event which included events every hour from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m.

Five Ada school musicial groups compete at state

Ohio Indoor Performance Assn. meet at Wapakoneta

It all comes down to this weekend.

Five Ada High School groups compete in Saturday and Sunday's Ohio Indoor Performance Association color guard state championships held at Wapakoneta High School.

In recent years Ada groups have performed very well, earning several state titles. To review Ada’s scores in the 2016-17 competitions click here.

Ada’s performance schedule follows:

Spring!

By Monty Siekerman

On a day when March showers, hopefully, bring May flowers, several youngsters made a "greenhouse," planted bean seeds in the "structure," and did a lot of coloring.

The spring activity at the Ada Public Library on Thursday involved coloring the edges of a "greenhouse," adding some seeds inside a plastic bag, and placing cotton balls inside the bag for moisture to help the seeds sprout. Soon, the children will have their own bean starts to plant at home.

Here, Sophie (left) and Phoebe McKinley enjoy the activity.

 

Silver Creek Sliders 4-H Club report

The Silver Creek Sliders held the second meeting of the year on 3/22/17.

They discussed old and new business. Members also elected the 2017 officers:

President- Brent Fowler

Vice President- Kinze Sprang

Treasurer- Justin Light

Reporter- Mackenzie Furr

Health Officer-Alessa Zechiel

Safety Officer- Leann Fowler

Historian- Taylor Aurthor.

Members held a bake sale at TSC on 3/25/17 to raise money for the club.

The next meeting will be held April 12 at 6pm. All enrolment papers must be turned in on this day.

Lots of awards given at Ada FFA banquet

Caitlyn Stover installed as next year's president

By Sidney Gossard, Chapter Reporter
The annual Ada FFA banquet was held March 29, in the cafeteria at Ada High School.

During the meal, Emma Jameson presented our annual slide show. It gave parents, as well as community members, a chance to see what the FFA does throughout the year.

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The Honorary Ada Chapter degrees were awarded to Christina Henderson, Ty and Heather Etgen for their outstanding service to the group.
 
Members of the Parliamentary Procedure teams, Public Speaking, and Soil Judging contestants were recognized.

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