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Law enforcement and pharmacy students teamed up for Medical Disposal Day in Ada on Saturday.

Forty-two people showed up to safely dispose of unwanted or expired medical supplies, mostly drugs. Some drugs can safely be flushed down the drain while others cannot because water plant filtration systems cannot fully treat them.

Pharmacy students helping are from the Academy of Students of Pharmacy. They worked with the sheriff, his deputies and Volunteers in Police Service.

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Liberty National Bank is looking to help in the fight against Identity Theft and fraud by sponsoring a Free Shred Your Documents Week that allows community members to safely dispose of sensitive documents.

“We are proud to offer this service free of charge as a way to give back to our communities,” said Ronald Zimmerly, president and CEO.

Liberty National Bank’s Free Shred Your Documents Week will be Monday, May 4 – Friday, May 8t, at all of Liberty National Bank’s office locations.

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An update on the Ada Municipal Swimming Pool is on Wednesday's Community Improvement Corp (CIC) agenda.

CIC meets at noon in the Dean's Heritage Room in the McIntosh Center at ONU. Jamie Hall will provide an update on the pool improvement project.

The meeting is open to the publicl

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"Saturday in the park, you'd think it was the Fourth of July."

Those lyrics by the band Chicago describe the atmosphere you may anticipate on Saturday in Ada's park.

Ada's Spring Event takes place at Ada War Memorial Park on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and is free and open to the public.

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Medication Disposal Day is Saturday April 11, from 9 a.m. to noon in two Hardin County locations, including one in Ada.

• Kenton location, 75 Washington Blvd., parking lot of the Medical Office building at Hardin Memorial Hospital

• Ada, South Main Street and East College Avenue, parking lot between RiteAid and Northern on Main.

Enter off Main Street and exit onto College Avenue. Acceptable items include household generated pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, liquid medications, household pet medications, medicated lotions and sunscreens.

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You’ve probably noticed that freight trains through Ada are more frequent, are longer and  they travel at higher speeds than you are used to. A rebirth of the line through Ada for freight happened this winter.

WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Norfolk Southern (NS) track resurfacing crews labored between Ft. Wayne and Bucyrus last fall and into the early winter.  The reason: A race to relieve rail traffic congestion on other lines.

NS is experiencing serious freight traffic congestion on its Chicago Line between Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago where up to 110 trains a day travel.

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