Eight Ada High School senior were named valedictorians and one was named salutatorian during the May 18 senior honor banquet.
Those students are: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Megan Simon, Katelyn Stuart, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick and Blake Willeke Valedictorians; while Kylelyn Stuart was named Salutatorian.
Here are seniors recognized on May 18.
Benjamin Bowers son of Christopher and Darlene Bowers of Ada
Ohio Northern seniors Taryn Stromback (Osseo, Minn.) and Ben Glischinski(Maineville) have been named recipients of the prestigious 2015-16 Clyde Lamb Award.
The Clyde A. Lamb Awards are named in honor of the man who organized the Department of Health and Physical Education at Ohio Northern in 1929.
He served as coach, department chairman and athletics director at ONU from 1929-64.
Laurie Laird of New Leaf Garden Center places an arrangement of annuals in front of Vancrest of Ada. Vancrest, located across from the school, will have an open house for the public from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday. New Leaf did the landscaping for the new $6 million nursing home. (Monty Siekerman photo)