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Seniors rule!

Ada High School held its 109th Interclass competition in the HS auditorium in late March. The senior class was this year's winners.

This is an annual scholastic event in which the sophomores, juniors, and seniors compete against each other in the areas of essay, poetry, short story, and dramatic readings.

Here were the competitors and their topics:

Essay:
Junior--Alexandra Boyadzhiev--"Feminism"
*Senior--Alexis Amburgey--"Immunizations"
Sophomore--Makenna Callahan--"No Choice"

By Jacey Madden, Reporter

The Hardin County Cottontails held their bi-monthly meeting Sunday April 12th at the Alger Park.  An election of officers for 2015 took place.  The elected officers for 2015 are as follows:

President: Austin Decker
Vice president: Cassie Decker
Secretary: Miranda Webb
Treasurer:  Abbie Culver
Reporter:  Jacey Madden
Health:  Allison Moore
Safety:  Zac Madden
Recreation:  Shelby Sprang

The Kenton Amateur Radio Club will meet on Monday, April 27, at 6 p.m. at Henry’s Restaurant, Kenton. Dinner is at 6 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. Anyone interested in Amateur Radio is welcome to attend.

 

It's off to Washington, D.C., soon for 45 Ada eighth grade students and six chaperones.

The group will leave on the evening of April 15 and return April 19 after touring monuments and memorials, including the Holocaust Museum and laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Mike Styer is trip coordinator. This is the 16th trip to D.C. he has organized for Ada students.
The students earned money for the trip by selling Mothers' Day flowers and 50/50 tickets at basketball games.
(Monty Siekerman)

By Maddie Gossard
The Liberty Belles and Boys had a 4-H organized for the year earlier this week. There were 39 members who attended. 

Officers were elected as follows Will Allen - President, Nora Dellifield - Vice President, Kaitlyn Long - Secretary, Casey Swick- Treasurer, Maddie Gossard - Reporter and Historian, Jon Allen- Photographer, Katey Stuart - Health, Andrew Rohrabaugh- Safety, Carson Gossard- Flags, Molly Sheets, Paige Jochims, and Reece Evans- Recreation Leaders. 

Several Ada Icon viewers are winners in the March Liberty National Bank - Ada Icon drawing for a free cup of coffee and a free Ada Icon cinnamon bun from Northern on Main, Ada.

The winners are:
Dora Flowers, Alger
Angela Miezejewski, Ada
Lisa Paugh, Ada
Barbara Miller, Alger
Kathy Gulbis, Ada
Mike Boedicker, Ada
Carol Friesner, Ada
Alan Risner, Bluffton
Laura Avino, Ada
Deb Curlis

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