President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon on Tuesday January 14th in McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada.
The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress
Cindy Bregel, Gliding Stars, Findlay, was welcomed as a guest.
The membership anniversaries of members Claudia Crawford (January 6, 1998), Sandy Neely (January 8, 2006) and Scott Allison (January 16, 2007) were noted.
Ada Friends - a mentoring program involving ONU students and Ada elementary students - will hold a game night in the ONU Chapel on Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to Austin Hilverding, ONU student and Ada Friends coordinator.
at a time to be determined (tentatively 6:30-7:30).
"We will play board games, card games, active games, group games, and any other types of games," he said. "It has been a successful event in the past that always seems timely during the cold weather months," he added.
The game night is tentatively set for 6:30-7:30 p.m.
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Several new construction companies built their first residences in Ada on Thursday and Friday. None had building permits; no matter. Each house will be eaten by New Year’s Day, maybe sooner.
Features of these new structures:
Graham crackers
Icing
M and Ms
Gumballs
Lollipops
Chocolate chips
Tootsie rolls
You get the idea. You’ve probably constructed one or two in your lifetime: They are called gingerbread houses.
You may find these models in holiday clothing catalogs, but don’t look for the sweaters.
There are so-so sweaters and then there are just plain ugly sweaters. And, according to the Ada Kiwanis Club, you are looking at the prizes winners – certified ugliest sweaters in Ada this season.
Mike Hood and his wife, Ann, were winners of the Ugliest Sweater contest at the Christmas luncheon of the Ada Kiwanis Club.
During the party, the club held its annual Christmas auction. The auctioneers were Santa (John Berg) Claus and his Chief Elf (Bruce Neely). Fifty gifts were awarded to successful bidders.
Michael Harnishfeger, Ada Police Chief, provided the Icon with the Ada police log Dec. 9 to Dec. 15.
December 9
•Two Males Arrested for Wanted Persons, Report taken foe Wanted Persons and Overdose
• Handled Abuse Complaint, Summons issued for Domestic Violence, Report taken for Family Matter
• Handled Theft Complaint on N Main St, Report taken for Theft from Mailbox
• Handled Threats and Vandalism Complaint on Northern View Dr
Winter weather is playing havoc with lots of last-week-of-school programs. One of those events put on hold is the Ada School Geography Bee.
According to Suzanne Hardesty, gifted coordinator/intervention specialist for Ada Schools, the Bee was planned for Dec. 17, but, it was postponed.
Hardesty said, "The National Geographic Society sponsors this bee. Ada's winner takes a timed paper-pencil test and the winners of that test continue to the Ohio Geography Bee.
Medals go to the first, second, and third place studnets and are sponsored by Ada Academic Boosters.
The grade-level champions and alternates who have qualified for the event follow:
