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What a season for Ada HS Winterguard teams

Gold and Purple teams compete next at WGI Color Guard World Championships, Dayton
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Ada High School's Winterguard teams perform a season finale, open to the public, in the high school gym at 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 10.

The team completed a very successful competition season. Here is a summary of the team's performances, and a description of what each team does in its competition.

Color guard includes spinning and tossing flags, rifles or sabers, as well as elements of dance and gymnastics performed on a tarp to music within an allotted time.  Each group’s performance has a theme. 

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What shall we name the chicks?

Ada Kindergarteners learning about the chicken and the egg
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Ada Kindergarteners in Kim Smittle and Bridgette Jones classes are learning a great chicken and egg story this month.

In a science unit, students are discovering the life cycle of chickens. Twenty-four eggs are in incubation in Mrs. Smittle’s classroom and as of April 5, three chicks hatched.

Mrs. Jones’ classroom also has eggs and they are still “sleeping.” She said, however, that students heard some cheeping coming from some of the eggs. So, it’s any day now.

The chicks will eventually have names. Those names will be selected by students, so stay tuned.

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Ada Icon Dog of the Week

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, April 3, 2017

Dottie is a 3 year old spayed female bulldog mix. She weighs 78 pounds. She's a total lovebug, looking for her forever home!

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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Relay for Life raises $17,000 for cancer

12 hours of musical chairs, cornhole, pie a professor, luminarias...just for starters
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, April 2, 2017

Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The Ohio Northern University 12-hour Relay for Life in the Sports Center on Friday night/Saturday morning generally raises about $17,000 for cancer.

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Many organizations help with the event that honors survivors, remembers those who passed on, and provides money for cancer research and education.

ONU's annual Relay for Life begins with a walk honoring cancer survivors. The survivors were encouraged on with applause as they circled the track at the beginning of the night/morning event which included events every hour from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m.

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Five Ada school musicial groups compete at state

Ohio Indoor Performance Assn. meet at Wapakoneta
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 31, 2017

It all comes down to this weekend.

Five Ada High School groups compete in Saturday and Sunday's Ohio Indoor Performance Association color guard state championships held at Wapakoneta High School.

In recent years Ada groups have performed very well, earning several state titles. To review Ada’s scores in the 2016-17 competitions click here.

Ada’s performance schedule follows:

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Spring!

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, March 31, 2017

By Monty Siekerman

On a day when March showers, hopefully, bring May flowers, several youngsters made a "greenhouse," planted bean seeds in the "structure," and did a lot of coloring.

The spring activity at the Ada Public Library on Thursday involved coloring the edges of a "greenhouse," adding some seeds inside a plastic bag, and placing cotton balls inside the bag for moisture to help the seeds sprout. Soon, the children will have their own bean starts to plant at home.

Here, Sophie (left) and Phoebe McKinley enjoy the activity.

 

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