Gatekeepers, the newly-formed Ada chapter of the American Mental Health Alliance, encourages Ada students K-12 and staff to wear maroon and/or silver tomorrow (Tuesday) in honor and memory of those affected by the school shooting in Florida. Maroon (or burgundy) and silver are the school colors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland where the tragedy occurred.
It's 1903 and here's Ada's Pennsylvania Railroad passenger depot, on the double-track Chicago to New York line. What's changed since then? Now there is only one track. There's only freight trains, but the depot continues its over-one-century presence in Ada. John Marshall provided this photo to the Icon.
Ada Schools kindergarten registration will be held from 8:45 until 3 p.m.during the week of March 12-16. Also, registration will be offered on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m.
Here are the details:
Your child does not have to attend registration. During registration you will be able to set up a time for your child’s kindergarten screening to be held May 7 or May 8. Your child will need to come with you for screening in May.
At the time of registration you must bring the following:
Future Ada High School Bulldog cheerleaders performed a dance routinee during tha past weekend's boys' JV basketball game. More photos are on Ada Bulldogs Facebook. To watch a video click here.
The Freed Center at Ohio Northern University presents five performances of "The Wolves," a play by Sarah Delappe.
Performance are from Thursday, Feb.22, through Sunday, Feb. 25. Individual performance times are listed at the bottom of this story.
This new play features a girls' indoor soccer team and offers a window into the world of adolescent female relationships. Nine girl warriors fiercely grapple with one another over issues great and small in a series of scenes that occur during pre-game warm ups.
