Ada Elementary students and staff participated in a fun and meaningful fundraiser to support the Ada Food Pantry, which provides food for students with the Bulldog Backpack Blessings program. Here a check for $2,145.18 is presented to the Ada Food Pantry. This is more than double the amount raised in the prior year. Students participated in a "Coin Wars" challenge, and teachers paid for the privilege to wear jeans to school. PHOTO: Ada Elementary Principal Angel Maag and Chris Bowers.
FROM NORTHERNREVIEW.ORG __Take a moment, close your eyes, and imagine what a small-town newspaper office looks like.
What did you see?
Perhaps you envisioned a tiny, brick office space tucked in the middle of Main Street. The rich scent of coffee wafts through the air, and the click-clack of keyboards rings in your ears. In the wooden desk beside you, a journalist flips through his ink-stained notepad as he writes an article about last weekend's bake sale.
ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team lost a 47-40 battle to visiting non-conference opponent Continental on Saturday afternoon, December 20.
The visiting Pirates outscored the Bulldogs by a combined total of 25-17 in the second and fourth periods to spell the difference.
The Bulldogs dropped to 6-4 overall with the defeat. Putnam County League foe Continental improved to 4-5 after the victory.
Ada led 9-8 after the first quarter, but fell behind 21-18 at halftime. The Pirates authored a 13-9 second period as Morgan Shock knocked down two triples, and Kamryn Searfoss added another trifecta.
Thank you to Miss Daniels' 3rd-grade class at Ada Elementary for sharing their letters to Santa. There will be one more installment. Today we have letters from Maverick, Evelynn, Canaan, Kaydin, Kaydin, and Ryder.
PHOTOS by Mark Andreasen / CLICK to enlarge and view at your own pace
By Cort Reynolds
ADA__The Ada High School boys basketball team methodically defeated visiting non-conference foe Elmwood 54-42 in a Blanchard Valley Conference contest on Friday, December 19.
Ada jumped to a 15-6 lead after the first quarter as five different Bulldogs sank baskets. The Royals edged within 26-19 at halftime to stay within striking distance.