The Ada Exempted Village Schools had a pipe that was part of the fire suppression system burst in the elementary portion of the K-12 building at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, according to Meri Skilliter, superintendent.
“The rupture alerted the district’s security company, which dispatched the Ada Fire Department and administrators, who responded quickly,” said Skilliter.
Area affected included several hallways, the K-12 gymnasium, the library and a few classrooms.
A water mitigation service was summoned by the district to assist with clean-up shortly after the incident occurred.
Those two facts answer the two questions on most people’s minds in Ada today.
Q: How cold was it?
A: Minus 13 early Monday morning.
Q: How much snow did we get?
A: 6.7 inches on Saturday.
The weather stats are from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
That -13 is 1 degree colder than the coldest temperature reported in 2018. But it doesn’t match -16 in 2009 or -19 in 2014. Yet, it is 68 colder than January 2019 high of 55 on Jan. 8.
For the daily weather summary so this year look at the chart below.
Ada Icon viewers:
Thank you to all who have assisted us in snow removal by moving your vehicles off of the street; we all benefit from your efforts.
Please remember to clear the snow from your sidewalks. For you younger folks, take care of the elderly in your neighborhood by clearing their sidewalks too.
Thanks again and enjoy the snow. Ada Police Department
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Note: The Icon asked viewers if they attended the first-ever Freed Center concert, which feature Carol Channing. Don Traxler offers this remembrance:
My wife Myra, my son, Ty, and I attended the sold-out Carol Channing Concert at the opening of the Freed Center on April 27, 1991. Ty was 14 years old and Myra and I basically had to force him to go with us.
VAN BUREN - Five members of the Ada varsity wrestling team competed at the two-day, 30-team Van Buren Invitational meet Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 26th with nine points. Eastwood won the team title with 210 points, followed in second by Allen East with 150 points.
Five teams had to withdraw Saturday due to the very inclement weather conditions.
Bulldog senior Noah Arnett went 2-2 in the heavyweight division to lead Ada.
"Noah Arnett has improved tremendously over the course of this year," said Ada first-year head coach Eric Perkins. "He was the only (Ada) wrestler who made it to the second day this weekend.
CONVOY - For the first 10 minutes at league favorite Crestview Friday night, the Ada boys' basketball team hung close, trailing just 15-13.
But then the Knights reeled off a 25-2 run over the next six minutes to end the half with a 40-15 lead, and they cruised to a 65-35 Northwest Conference victory.
The Bulldog boys fell to 2-11 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the defeat, while the Knights improved to 11-1 and 3-1 in league play with the decisive victory.
Knight Kalen Etzler led the victors with 17 points and seven boards. Derick Dealey contribued 16 points. Carson Kreischer netted nine points while Wade Sheets added eight.
Cleveland TV station WKYC recently interviewed Ohio Northern University alum Katie Oriti, who is working with a team, which launched a NASA satellite in December. The satellite is about the size of a loaf of bread. Oriti is the team leader.
Here are portions of that story by Jeff Reidel:
In December, NASA Glenn Research Center sent into space a satellite about the size of a loaf of bread, call ALBus. And if this mission is successful, it could power a next generation of small exploration.
