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Extra chicken barbecue dinners on sale while supply lasts on Friday

Extra dinners will be available for the Ada Music Boosters annual barbecue on Friday, Sept. 11, prior to Ada’s first home football game with Lima Central Catholic. 

Dinners will be available at the Ada Park on Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; simply drive up in your car to be served.

The Ada Music Boosters chicken barbecue features a complete dinner for $8 each.

For more information, visit the Ada Music Boosters web page at
www.AdaMusicBoosters.org or call Dave Smittle at 419-230-8147.

In-school dentist will visit Ada elementary on Oct. 23

Ada elementary students will be visited by the "in-school dentist" on Friday, Oct. 23. 

The visit is part of the Smile Programs...the mobile dentists.

Enrollment forms will be sent home with elementary children. Parents need to fill out and sign the enrollment form and return it to the school with your child.

Parents with questions may call the school office.

You can attend a free preview class at Miss Vicki's Music Studio

Vicki Mills is offering free preview classes twice this month at Miss Vicki's Music Studio in Ada.

Pre-register to attend one (or more) of the following:

Friday, Sept. 11

• 1:30 – 2:15  Music Makers: At Home in the World (ages 4 – 5 ½)
• 2:30 – 3:00  Family Music – Mixed Ages (Babies – age 4)
• 3:30 - 4:15  Music Makers: Around the World & Keyboard: ages 5 ½ - 6 ½
• 4:45 – 5:30  Music Makers at the Keyboard (2nd & 3rd graders)

ONU professor to serve as program evaluator for juvenile court

Dr. Keith F. Durkin, Ohio Northern University professor of sociology, will serve as data analyst and program evaluator for the Hardin County Juvenile Court to facilitate the provision of behavioral health services to post-adjucated youth ages 12-17 who have mental health disorders.

The program was made possible after Hardin County was awarded a $65,210 Competitive RECLAIM Grant from the Ohio Department of Youth Services.

Rolla Stratton was retired from Ford Motor Co.

Rolla M. Stratton, Sr., 87, died on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at 1:10 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima, Ohio.

He was born on July 22, 1928, in Hardin County Ohio to Samuel and Leona (Spees) Stratton who preceded him in death. On May 22, 1954, he married Jean Ann Amstutz and she survives in Ada.

Rolla retired in 1992 from the Ford Motor Company after 33 years where he worked as a millwright. He served in the U.S. Navy during the end of WWII. Rolla attended the Alger Assembly of God Church.

Where in Ada?

Where might you look in Ada to see this art structure? Ask any pre-schooler. It's in the picture book section of the Ada Public Library. This photo is taken from above, looking down on the game. It looks like its fun to play.

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