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Meet the homecoming court

Four queen and four king candidates
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 7, 2019

Underclass members and senior photos at bottom of story

Introducing the 2019 Ada High School homecoming court. The king and queen will be announced in a pre-game ceremony on Friday evening on the football field.

Queen candidates

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Nathan Hurtig Mid-Ohio Energy student of the month

Active in Varsity Singers, band, engineering, National Honor Society
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 30, 2019

Nathan Hurtig, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month.

Nathan is activity in Varsity Singers, marching band, engineering, National Honor Society and is a recent semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship program.

He is the son of Mike and Julie Hurtig.

Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative is an electric cooperative with customers in the Ada school district. The student of the month is selected by the student’s participation and activities in Ada schools and the community.

The September student of the month was Nora Dellifield.

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She takes swimming very seriously

15 minutes with Klava Katayama, Ada HS senior
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The Icon had a chat with Ada HS senior, Klava Katayama. Here’s a portion of our conversation.

You are a true example of the American melting pot.
Klava: Yes. I’m 50 percent Russian, 25 percent Japanese and 25 percent Italian.

How many languages can you speak?
Klava: My mom taught me some Russian, but I’m best at English.

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Not your ordinary Saturday in Ada

But, a great example of what happens when a small town puts on a festival
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Food, kid's games, pony rides, craft vendors, queen candidates...it all adds up to an interesting fall afternoon in a small northwestern Ohio village.

Ken Collins, Icon photographer, captures a sense of the event in this series of photos. Previously the Icon shared his parade photos and pre-parade photos.

This series focuses on the people enjoying the festival activities, plus some additional parade photos.

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Waiting, waiting, waiting, for the parade to begin

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Here's a behind-the-scenes photo series by Ken Collins, Icon photographer, showing what takes place before a parade.

Colllins walked along the Harvest and Herb Festival parade line up as floats arrived, selfies were taken, bands tuned up, and participants spent time awaiting for the parade to start.

These photos reflect people just being themselves.

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Julie Adams meets with Apollo staff on Friday

Posted by LizGH on Friday, September 20, 2019

Apollo Career Center welcomes Julie Adams, a nationally board-certified teacher and consultant, who has trained around the world in the science and strategies helpful to parents, instructors and school administrators.

She will speak to Apollo staff on Friday, Sept. 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m., about neuroscience and the teen brain, and then work with instructors in the afternoon on specific lesson plans incorporating the new information and adding it to the curriculum.

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