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Humphrey Bogart was wrong: "We won't always have Paris"

Where we stand on global warming and the Paris climate agreement
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 1, 2017

Humphrey Bogart was wrong when, in Casablanca, he said: "We'll always have Paris." As of June 1, 2017, the world has turned. We won't have Paris.

We will, however, stand firm with the following opinions on Paris (and global warming).  The following is from NASA on climate change. CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT.

Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver.

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School's out!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Photos by Monty Siekerman
School's out for the summer. Monty Siekerman captured some scenes that tell the story.

• Courtney McLaughlin (left) high fives Bella East as they exit Ada Schools on Tuesday. Both will be sophomores in the fall.

• "Smile for Grandma." Vickie Gillen snaps a photo of her grandkids on Tuesday. This fall, Emily Thaxton will be in 1st grade, Jacob in 9th grade, and Josh in 4th grade.

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New instruments join the Ada band - boomwhackers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 30, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
High school commencements are rather formal affairs, mostly scripted the same from town to town, but this year's Ada High School graduation ceremony added a new feature, which was creative and fun: boomwhackers.

Nine senior band members, along with Band Director Johnathan Lischak, played a John Williams medley using colorful plastic "instruments," called boomwhackers. Even a flautist joined in during portions of the piece.

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Mourning dove takes a break...on my car.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, May 29, 2017

She reluctantly flew off when I told her that I needed to go somewhere.

I was within arms' length when I took this photo.

(Photo by Ken Collins)

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Thoughts on the death of James Bond

Well, one James Bond, that is
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 23, 2017

(Hum the James Bond Theme while reading this)

Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum

da da tee da da da daa
da da ta da daaaaaa

da da tee da  da da daaa
da de da dot ta da daaaaaaaa

Roger Moore was never my favorite James Bond. I mean, Sean Connery, come on. Nobody’s “Bond, James Bond,” like the Scot.

Never mind. When James Bond dies – even if it is Roger Moore - my thoughts go flashing back again to…Goldfinger.

The first time I saw James Bond was in the Carma Theatre with a bunch of the boys…Kent Kinsinger, John Lehman, probably Max Eastman. Maybe Larry Eikenbary. We were, I believe, freshmen on bicycles.

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Meet the Ada HS class of 2017 valedictorians and salutatorian

• Elizabeth Milks • Taryn Fullom • Rielyn Castle • Meredith Marshall • Ashley Breidenbach
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 18, 2017

Four members of the Ada High School class of 2017 were named valedictorians and one was named salutatorian during the May 17 senior honors awards ceremony.

Rielyn Castle, Taryn Fullom, Meredith Marshall and Elizabeth Milks are the valedictorians, and Ashley Breidenbach salutatorian.

Here is a compilation of activities of each student:

Rielyn Nicole Castle,
daughter of Cherie and Raymond Castle of Ada
High school activities have included: soccer, cheerleading, show choir, student worker and National Honor Society
Plans to attend Ohio Northern University to major in Pharmacy

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