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Ada Varsity Singers home concert live streamed Saturday

And, you get two chances to watch from your own home
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Choir and band members listed below -
Two chances to watch.

Ada High School award-winning Varsity Singers present its 2020-21 show twice on Saturday, March 27, according to Scott Henning.

The performance is the Singers' home concert prior to its final show at Medina High School on Saturday, April 10.

And, yes, you may watch from your home. Performances are at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. To watch the live feed click here: http://app.wosn.tv/ 

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115 years and going strong

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Ada High School's Interclass competition was livestreamed on Friday. Here's Luci Wall, presenting her essay "Does Capitalism negatively influence our mental health?" She won first place in the essay competition. Other winners were Rebekah Walkeer, poetry; Amelia Alexander, short story; and Dexter Woods, dramatic reading. The overall class winner were this year's seniors.

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So, you think you know Ada?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 23, 2021

So, you think you know Ada? Okay, you have an idea of what you are looking at. The question is: Where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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What do you remember from the 2005 ice storm?

Russ Crawford's ONU Oral History class wants to hear your story
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 22, 2021

What do you remember from the big ice storm of 2005?

Russ Crawford, professor of history at Ohio Northern University, wants to hear your story.

He invites Icon viewers with particular stories about the storm to contact him. 

His Oral History class is currently conducting interviews with local residents about the storm.

“I look forward to anyone interested to get in touch with me, and I will assign one of my students to do the interview,” he said.

Contact Crawford at: [email protected].

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Icon book review: Dean Koontz "Devoted"

A spine-tingling plot that keeps you turning pages to the very end of the story
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 22, 2021

Reviewed by Robert McCool
Dean Koontz devotes his latest to a remarkable boy/dog combination.

I never cared much for Dean Koontz as a horror book writer. I have found him to be tepidly spiritual, a weak Stephen King wannabe. But this latest, Devoted (ISBN 13: 978-1-4328-7662-3), grabbed me when I was looking for a quick read.

Kipp is a dog with a genetically modified human smart brain, lacking only thumbs and vocal chords in order to write or talk to humans, he communicates with a gift of telepathy to other dogs of his kind,in an organization called “the Mysterium”.

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Icon invites churches to submit Easter and Holy Week service information

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 22, 2021

The Icon invites area congregations to send their special church service information for Holy Week and Easter. 

Send information to: [email protected].

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