Our headline question's answer is "Califorinia," and these Ada elementary and junior high students already knew the answer.
Why? They competed in this year's Ada's District Geography Bee, held Jan. 21.
Mike Styer, 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher, moderated the Bee. Suzanne Hardesty, Gifted Coordinator, was the Bee coordinator and second judge.
Winners were:
• Ireland Marshall, first
• Nathan Hurtig, second
• Connor Daugherty, third
Suzanne Hardesty provided the Icon with some background on the event, which makes it even more iteresting:
Approximately 650 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district, including students from Ada HS, will be visiting Apollo during 411Blast, Friday, Jan. 29.
Parents of sophomore students interested in attending Apollo for the 2016-17 school year are also invited to meet their student at Apollo.
The day is designed to expose students to career possibilities, and what paths are available that may lead to their career and/or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.
The Ada Police Department is in the process of accepting applications for the position of full-time police officer, according to the department's Facebook page.
Those interested may send a resume to 115 W. Buckeye, Ada, Ohio, 45810, or pick up an application here at the Ada Police Department, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The two Klondike Derby teams from Ada Boy Scout Troop 124 finished high in the annual show of Scouting skills and endurance. The derby was held at Camp Lakota on Jan. 23.
The teams had to push wooden sleds through over six miles of snow, ice, water and mud and complete seven group tasks such as fire building, map reading, track and tree identification, buck sawing and knot typing.
The older team, led by Wyatt Rettig, finished in just over five hours. The younger team, lead by Patrol Leader Kamron Wilkerson, finished 20 minutes ahead of the seven-hour limit.
Philip Sugden’s installation, A Page from the Manual on Dismantling God, is currently on view in the Elzay Gallery of Art at Ohio Northern University. Sugden is an assistant professor of art at Bluffton University.
Some pieces within this exhibit are based on location drawings, which Sugden completed during 12 journeys in the Himalayas of India, Nepal and Tibet.
The text not only incorporates current, ancient, and sacred languages, but also offers passages from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Old and New Testaments, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Buddhist texts and unified field theory.
Terry Sheridan, Ada High School, sophomore, was third place winner in the Third Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Essay Contest.
The purpose of the essay contest is to challenge students to think about how Dr. King's philosophy can be used to resolve social justice issues in today's society. His essay follows:
By Terry Sheridan
Dr. Martin Luther King is a very well known name to those in the United States and many other countries “sweltering with the heat of injustice.”
Ada's 4th grade through 8th grade Geography Bee took place last week. Here are the winners: Ireland Marshall, first; Nathan Hurtig, second, and Conner Daughtery, third.
Invited by USA Volleyball, Ada High School sophomore, Melina Woods, recently attended a high performance camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. She was one of 125 athletes invited to this event.
Woods was chosen by OVR (Ohio Valley Region) high performance coaches after representing OVR at the High Performance National Tournament last July.
A right side hitter, Woods is playing club volleyball for Elite 16 Black, out of Plain City.
