Icon viewers:
We had a very successful blood drive on Monday despite the rain. Almost everyone who was on the schedule came in and gave their donation and the majority of those people signed up for our July 20th blood drive.
The Red Cross informed me that those donations helped save 126 lives. Thank you all.
And a very special Tthank you to the Ada VFW for hosting it.
The Red Cross personnel deserve a huge thank you. Setting up and tearing down for a blood drive is a tremendous amount of work. Kudos to all of those people...dedicated and hard working.
Susan D. Mowery, 62, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 1:10 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born Dec. 6, 1957, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Richard Allen and Patricia (Phillips) Allen. On June 21, 2014, Susan married David Mowery and he survives in Alger.
In cooperation with Ada schools, the Ada Icon will post each of the Ada High School class of 2020 seniors in the spotlight. Bryce Paul is today's senior in the spotlight.
Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has been accepted and registered as a participating site in Mayo Clinic’s Expanded Access Protocol for Convalescent Plasma Program for treatment of patients with COVID-19.
Researchers believe that convalescent plasma (CP), which refers to blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19, may help patients with advanced illness from COVID-19. The antibodies in the plasma may have the ability to help patients fight the virus and recover more quickly.
Ada Schools celebrated the retirement of two long-time employees this week. Chris Christopher, bus driver, and Mike Lenhart, buildings and grounds and transportation supervisor. Lenhart will be back this fall in a part-time, support role, helping the new supervisor, Tim Garmon. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Senior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) and sophomores Andrew Buderer (Oak Harbor) and Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph) have been named All-America in Indoor Track & Field for 2020 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Normally, the top eight finishers in each event earn All-America honors by the NCAA.
As this year's NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the USTFCCCA is giving its own All-America honors to all athletes that had initially qualified for the championships as announced by the NCAA on Sunday, March 8.
