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Invited by USA Volleyball, Ada High School sophomore, Melina Woods, recently attended a high performance camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.  She was one of 125 athletes invited to this event.

Woods was chosen by OVR (Ohio Valley Region) high performance coaches after representing OVR at the High Performance National Tournament last July.

A right side hitter, Woods is playing club volleyball for Elite 16 Black, out of Plain City.

Is that a dial telephone of the right side of the counter? 

What exactly is a dial telephone? In 1980-81, these students probably answered the phone. These are the student office workers from 35 school years ago.

Recognize yourself?

Ada High School sophomore, Nicki Lehsten, works on a ceramics project in art class. The project calls for three separate pieces connected. Two of the three pieces are on the section she is working on.

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman

Why are more than 150 people wearing hairnets (and one guy with a "beard net") listening to a speaker in a gymnasium?

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More than 150 ONU faculty, staff, students and local citizens showed up Sunday afternoon at King-Horn to pack 40,000 meals.

The hairnets were worn for sanitary reasons. After everyone washed their hands, the packing began.

Photos by Ken Collins

How quickly winter weather changes in Ada.

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As we post this photo story temperatures are decent. But not so on Saturday. (Hope you didn't touch your tongue on the swimming pool chain fence.)

Ken Collins braved the cold on Saturday morning when things were windy - check the flags blowing in the wind - and about 27 degrees outside.

His photos show why no one is swimming in January or spending much time in the Ada Memorial Park playground.

Despite the winter conditions,  a group of joggers were out in full force.

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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April 1973 a vote described as cast “for the benefit of the children in the district” was one of five stands taken by Ada School Board members which signaled the district’s unanimous decision to join the newly formed Apollo Joint Vocational School District.

The vote, taken at a special Board meeting, came after voters in Elida, Bath, Shawnee and Wapakoneta approved a 2.25 mill, 10 year levy to construct, equip and maintain the JVS facility.

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