The Ada Icon recently sat down with Cole Tabor, Ada High School junior. Here’s a segment of our conversation.
What classes are you taking this semester? Cole: Varsity Singers, Algebra III, American Government, English II College Prep, and Art I A and B.
Any activities outside of academics? Cole: I run track and play football. I’ll be a wide receiver in football next season. In track I run the 200, 400 and am on the 4 by 200 relay. My personal best in the 200 is 27.9 seconds and in the 400 1:10. Our relay was second at the Spencerville Relays.
The Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic celebrates its 100th anniversary in August, but unless more volunteers step up to the plate, the fate of the popular event is in question.
Bernie Mackey, president of the organization, shared that information with two communities groups on April 17. He spoke at the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce meeting at 8 a.m. and again at the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) meeting at noon.
Mackey said that nine key members of the organization’s board agreed five years ago to stay actively involved until the 100th celebration this summer. After this year’s event, those persons plan to step down from the board.
There's still time to save some money on passes to the Ada Municipal Swimming Pool this season. Individual early-bird season passes are $30 in April. On May 1 the price goes to $40.
Passes are on sale at the Ada Water Department. The tentative open date for this year's pool is Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.
On Thursday April 18, Mrs. Smittle’s Kindergarten children will be performing plays that they wrote on the retelling of the Three Bears.
The first performance is at noon and the second performance is a 7 p.m. The
children listened to numerous versions of the Three Bears, then met in groups
and retold and wrote down their retelling of this classic story.
They made puppets and masks for their performances and also created posters for this
event. Families will be attending both performances.
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The 1996 film "Emma," based on Jane Austen's classic novel, starring Gwenyth Paltrow, will be showed at the Ada Public Library, at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 17.
This movie version follows the story of a young girl In rural 1800s England. Emma thinks she's good at matchmaking, but you can be the judge. True to Austen, much mayhem and humor ensue.
When her governess, Miss Taylor (Greta Scacchi), gets married and goes to live with her new husband, Mr. Weston (James Cosmo), Emma proudly takes credit for having brought the couple together.
Now it's more like April: Highs reaching 70 and lows in the 40s with rain here and there. Here's the seven-day weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer. Date High Low Prec
April 8 72 40 0.09
April 9 82 49
April 10 69 44 1.35
April 11 44 40 1.07
April 12 42 40 0.22
April 13 42 39 0.05
April 14 60 35 trace
April 15 70 51
The secret’s out. The Buy Ada First Committee, planning the community’s third cash mob, this week announced the location of the event.
The cash mob takes place at one of Ada’s prominent retail businesses, New Leaf Garden Center, 0395 Ohio 235 - Ada, from 2 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 23.
“Laurie Laird welcomed our invitation to host this event,” said Heather Cox, member of the committee. “We hope to continue more cash mobs in Ada this year.”
The Ada Icon caught up with Taylor Willeke, Ada High School senior, recently. Here’s a portion of that conversation.
What courses are you taking this semester? Taylor: Physics, Calculus, Sociology, Personal Finance, Spanish IV and Advanced Prep English 12.
When was the first time you held a basketball?
Taylor: Probably when I was 2 years old. My dad was the eighth grade basketball coach and he’d take me to practice with him.
