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Buy Ada First committee planning for 2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 17, 2013

 

This year will be an active one for the Buy Ada First committee. The ad hoc committee has several ideas for promoting Ada in 2013. Among those includes:

• A chili soup cook-off is being discussed
• Continuation of Ada’s “Cash Mob” (details coming)
• Expansion of “Music On Main” this summer

Tentative “Music on Main” dates are the Friday evenings of June 14, July 12 and Aug. 9. Last year, one event took place at The Depot.

Details on these and other programs will be announced soon, according to Heather Cox of the group.

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Area companies invited to sign-up for spring job fair

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Area companies interested in meeting potential employees should consider participating in the Collegiate Employ-Net Spring Job Fair on Friday April 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Owens Community College, Perrysburg.

The event attracts students from nearly 20 colleges in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Ohio Northern University and Bluffton University are part of the consortium.
The cost to participate is $50 and includes two lunch tickets and free parking.  

Sponsorships are also available for $150 total and include two extra lunch tickets, a half-page ad in the program, and premium table location.

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Ready, Set, Grow Pre-School enrolling for summer and fall sessions

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Registration is now open for Pre-School summer session and fall 2013 -2014, according to Jami Dellifield of Ready, Set, Grow Preschool. 

Ready, Set, Grow offers rolling enrollment and will accept new students anytime during their school year as long as there are openings.

Of note:

  • The pre-school accepts students who are ages 3 (and potty-trained) through age 5 (Pre-Kindergarten) for their school year educational program.
  • Ohio ECC swipe cards issued through ODJFS are accepted for payment.

Fall School Year 

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Django Unchained starts Friday at Ada Theatre

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained is Rated R and runs from Friday, Jan. 18 through Thursday, January 24.

Showtimes on Friday and Saturday are at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. 

Daily shows are at 7 p.m.

The story: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. (IMDb)  It stars Jaime Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Christoph Waltz.

Click here for official movie trailer.

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Ada Library plans monthly movie matinees and first up is To Kill a Mockingbird

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Ada Public Library is adding monthly movie matinee to it's schedule, according to Amanda Bennett, director.  The movies will fluctuate between family friendly and more adult offerings.

The first is Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2 p.m.  The movie will be To Kill a Mockingbird.  This movie is based on Harper Lee's best selling novel of the same name; stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer who takes on racism in 1930's Alabama.

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ReStore Community Center offers free tax clinic

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tax season is here and ReStore Community Center is offering help. ReStore and its trained Ohio Benefit Bank counselors are looking to make filing your Federal and State income tax returns easy. They are offering a free tax clinic for those households with a yearly income of $60,000 or less.

At the tax clinic, a household member will meet with an OBB counselor. The counselor will input tax information from the information provided by the household member. The completed form is automatically sent where it needs to go through OBB.

Tax clinic dates are:

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