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Next Ada Public Library book discussion April 3

The Ada Public Library's next book discussion is Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. to discuss "Snow Flower and The Secret Fan," by Lisa See.

In nineteenth-century China a girl named Lily is paired with a woman named Snow Flower in an emotional match that will last a  lifetime.  As the years pass, the two send messages on fans, compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams and accomplishments. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to be torn apart.

J.A. Campbell, Ada studio

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Inaugural Good Neighbor Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship goes to Arcadia student

Kari Colman, a sixth-year student in Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy and native of Arcadia, Ohio, was awarded the inaugural Good Neighbor Pharmacy Scholarship on Feb. 28.
        
In 2010, ONU partnered with AmerisourceBergen Corporation to create the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship Fund, which is available to ONU pharmacy students seeking a career in retail community pharmacy.

Helping put Ada on the performance map

Anita Cook, marketing director for The Freed Center for the Performing Arts on the Ohio Northern University campus.

Here's the marketing person behind all those Freed Center for the Performing Arts productions

This isn’t difficult to believe: The marketing person for The Freed Center for the Performing Arts on the Ohio Northern University campus claims that she always secretly wanted to be a theatre major.

Those are the words of Anita Cook, Ohio Northern University graduate, independent contractor and marketing manager of The Freed Center.

Owner of Maestro Graphics, Cook is a freelance graphic artist, and her work with The Freed Center is one of the many multi-tasking positions she balances quite well.

McDonald's Restaurant Company Hiring Day March 29

Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s Restaurants are looking to increase their workforce by up to 15 percent on Thursday, March 29, for its Company Hiring Day.

Jerry Lewis, local McDonald’s Restaurant franchisee owns 17 restaurants in seven counties employing more than 1,000 people. On Thursday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. McDonald’s managers in Ada, Bluffton, Beaverdam, Lima, Delphos, Van Wert, Ottawa, Hicksville, Carey and Upper Sandusky will be available to answer questions and conduct interviews for a variety of part-time positions at each of Jerry Lewis’ seventeen restaurant locations.

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