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Ada's farmers' market open for the summer at the Depot

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Ada farmers' market opened for the season on Thursday in the Depot parking lo. for the past two years the market was at Community Health Professionals.

ReStore took over the market this year. It will be open each Thursday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monty Siekerman visited the opening day event and took these photos.

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• Gus Guthrie

• Andrea Massillo offers sweets for sale to Cindy Mowery.

• Dana Walters and Robert Kanzig had an eclectic mix of items for sale at the farmer's market. Dana is executive director while Robert is assistant director of ReStore, the group heading up the market this year.

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To market, to market

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

Gus Guthrie, the big booster of the Ada farmer's market, shows the pies he had for sale at the season's first market on Thursday afternoon at the Railroad Depot. Gus offered strawberries, garden plants, and had other goods for customers to purchase. See more photos below. (Monty Siekerman)

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"Picnic in the Park" offers free lunches for area youth

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

A free lunch for area grade school children started this week and continues weekdays through Aug. 17 at the War Memorial Park, shelter house 2. The program is called "Picnic in the Park."

In the first three days of the program 54 youth received a lunch. Last year the program fed up to 60 youth in one day.

This is the third year for the program, sponsored by ReStore Community Center. The program receives support from the Hardin County United Way. Food is donated from the West Ohio Food Bank, Lima. Friday meals are pizza, donated by Padrone's of Ada.

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Which book?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

All those books! Is there enough time to read each one? The Friends of the Ada Public Library held a used book sale on Saturday during the summer reading program sign-up. A library patron checks out the titles.

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You can watch "Frozen" under the Ada stars on Friday night

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

Outdoor movies in Ada! That's right. And the first show is Friday!

Three family-oriented outdoor movies will be shown this summer on the Ohio Northern Univesity tundra sponsored by The Freed Center for the Performing Arts and Bluffton Hospital.

The movies and dates are:
Friday, June 5 - Frozen
Friday, July 3 - Toy Story
Friday, Aug. 7 - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Movies are shown at dusk. Popcorn and beverages are avialable for purchase. Families are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the movies under the stars.

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ReStore is involved in...picnic in the park...Family Fun Fridays...Ada Farmers' Market...Gospel Sing...Community Gardens

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 4, 2015

Can you tell that ReStore is busy this summer.

“We are reaching out into the community, trying to do what the community needs,” said Dana Walters, executive director. “We are not just being in ReStore but being out there helping with other events, outside our four walls.”

TO VIEW RESTORE'S JUNE-JULY NEWSLETTER OPEN THE ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Here are some of the planned activities:

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