Ada schools sent the follow alert message at 4:16 p.m. today:
"At the time of dismissal we received a suspicious call that forced us to evacuate the building. All students were safely evacuated from campus."
The Icon understands that the following officials are on the scene:
• Allen County Bomb Squad
• Hardin County Sheriff
• Ada Police Department
• On stand by is Ada-Liberty Township fire and EMS
In a second school alert the message stated that law enfocement agencies are contacted and that all school activities tonight are cancelled.
Presale tickets are on sale in the Ada High School office for Friday nights boys' sectional championship game vs. Minster at Coldwater High School.
The approximate start time is 8 p.m. Adult tickets $6, student tickets $4. All tickets the night of the game will be $6. The Coldwater sectional is an open session, one ticket will gain admission to both games, according to Ken Jochims, Ada athletic director.
Ohio Northern University has joined RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by Keep America Beautiful, to see who will claim the championship in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campuses across the country.
RecycleMania will run for eight weeks alongside the collegiate basketball season.
Hundreds of participating colleges and universities are competing in several categories based on the weight of recycling, food organics and waste reduction collected.
Each week, schools report their data and use updated rankings to rally students and staff with educational activities, displays and other outreach efforts.
Ada seventh graders Cody Johnston, Jacob Bassitt and Jacob Morgan, keep their eyes on the music and their xylophones during seventh grade band rehearsal. Jonathan Lischak directs the band.
Betty L. Moore, 81, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at 7:46 p.m. at Lima Rehab and Nursing Center, Lima.
She was born on Feb. 11, 1935, in Martin, Kentucky, to John N. and Lucinda (Ratliff) Patton who preceded her in death. On Aug. 21, 1953, she married Columbus Moore and he survives in Harrod.
Betty was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of Belle Center.
