Ada High School vocal and piano contestants in music contests during the 1975-76 school year.
From left, Rachel Hall, Julie Lawrence, Joyce Hall, Brenda Naylor, Jeannie Wiley, Sylvia Rex, Joyce Deringer, Paul Weimer, Paul Sharritts and Dough Cotsamire.
Reviewed by Robert McCool
Nomadland (W.W.North, ISBN978-0-393-24931-6) has all that a non-fiction book should have: the what, the who, the when, and most importantly, the why. It is a handbook on “Surviving America In The Twenty-First Century” as it states in its sub-title.
First off, it's a book about a growing subculture here in America, one that carries its home around on its back around the country and settles in no place for long. They refer to themselves as “rubber tramps” because they live on the open road with far-flung destinations.
Ada High School grad and University of Findlay student, Eli Garmon, has work displayed in a senior art exhibition at the University of Findlay.
The artwork will be on display through March 18 in the Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Gallery, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion.
Garmon is pursuing a degree in graphic design and theatre performance.
While students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome to view the exhibitions from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., daily in the Lea Gallery, the University invites guests to view the artwork virtually on the Lea Gallery's website at https://leagallery.findlay.edu/.
The Icon stopped into to Ready, Set Grow Preschool during playtime earlier this week. Three students were very focused on the Days of the Week Song, as evident in this photo. "Every week has seven days..."
Vaccinations bring images to mind of elementary students visiting a doctor prior to school opening.
The tables switched on Friday. Ada school teachers and staff members had their turn receiving vaccines. They received their first of two doses of the Moderna covid-19 vaccine.
Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy staff members vaccinated nearly 85 adults in the three-hour clinic, which delayed the start of school until 10:35 a.m.
Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent, said that the school appreciates its relationship with the ONU pharmacy program and thanked them for setting up and administering the clinic.
