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Celebrate Super Bowl Eve in Ada - again!

Second Make in Ada Wilson Football Festival plans underway for Feb. 3
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 14, 2017

It doesn’t matter who wins this year’s NFL Super Bowl.

Everyone wins at the party in Ada on Super Bowl Eve. It’s Saturday, Feb. 3. The party is the second annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival.

Meanwhile, Super Bowl LII takes place in U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ada’s Feb. 3 festival celebrates Ada’s Wilson Football Factory, sole supplier of footballs for the NFL, and Ada as the football-making Capital of the World.

Like last year, the event ends with a large football drop at midnight in the Ada railroad park.

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Senior citizens have the Christmas spirit

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 14, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Fruit, candy, calendars, even candy canes in crochet stocking made by Jane Helser were all part of Christmas baskets prepared by the Ada Senior Citizens on Wednesday morning at Community Health Professionals.

Members of the group prepared about 40 baskets that they will deliver to home bound residents in the community.

Ada Senior Citizens will next meet at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at CHP for lunch and cards. New members are welcome to attend.

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Preserving Ada's history

Ada Historical Society continues to grow
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 12, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
The newly-formed Ada Historical Society met for the fourth time on Monday evening at the Ada Public Library.

Two new members of the organizing committee attended, bringing to 17 the number of residents who are interested in forming the Society to preserve local history.

The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, at the library. All those interested in Ada/Liberty Township history are invited to attend.

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LULUS 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 11, 2017

You'll find LULUS 1 on a bright red Dodge truck, usually parked at Lu Lu's Diner, 114 E. College Ave., Bluffton.

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Two times at bat, two home runs

Streamline Insurance and Wine and Design window decorating contest winner
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 6, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
It's two times at bat and two home runs for Streamline Insurance and Wine and Design, located at 220 N. Main.

They won the Chamber of Commerce window decorating contest for the second year, a contest which is only in its second year.

Mark and Vicki Southwood own Streamline while their daughter Amanda Morrison has Wine and Design. The Ada Public Library placed second. There was a three-way tie for third with COSI, Hays Insurance, and Liberty National Bank.

 

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Everyone was Merry on Main

Chamber kicks off Ada's holiday season
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 5, 2017

LOTS OF MERRY ON
MAIN PHOTOS BELOW!
By Monty Siekerman
If you saw reindeer in the sky pulling a sleigh on Monday evening, you may have been a little inebriated.

If you saw two reindeer munching hay in the Railroad Depot parking lot, consider yourself sober. The pair of well-behaved reindeer were a big draw, especially with children, during Merry on Main sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

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