Ada Icon viewers:
Thank you to all who have assisted us in snow removal by moving your vehicles off of the street; we all benefit from your efforts.
Please remember to clear the snow from your sidewalks. For you younger folks, take care of the elderly in your neighborhood by clearing their sidewalks too.
Thanks again and enjoy the snow. Ada Police Department
Icon viewers:
Note: The Icon asked viewers if they attended the first-ever Freed Center concert, which feature Carol Channing. Don Traxler offers this remembrance:
My wife Myra, my son, Ty, and I attended the sold-out Carol Channing Concert at the opening of the Freed Center on April 27, 1991. Ty was 14 years old and Myra and I basically had to force him to go with us.
CONVOY - For the first 10 minutes at league favorite Crestview Friday night, the Ada boys' basketball team hung close, trailing just 15-13.
But then the Knights reeled off a 25-2 run over the next six minutes to end the half with a 40-15 lead, and they cruised to a 65-35 Northwest Conference victory.
The Bulldog boys fell to 2-11 overall and 1-2 in the NWC with the defeat, while the Knights improved to 11-1 and 3-1 in league play with the decisive victory.
Knight Kalen Etzler led the victors with 17 points and seven boards. Derick Dealey contribued 16 points. Carson Kreischer netted nine points while Wade Sheets added eight.
VAN BUREN - Five members of the Ada varsity wrestling team competed at the two-day, 30-team Van Buren Invitational meet Friday and Saturday.
Ada finished 26th with nine points. Eastwood won the team title with 210 points, followed in second by Allen East with 150 points.
Five teams had to withdraw Saturday due to the very inclement weather conditions.
Bulldog senior Noah Arnett went 2-2 in the heavyweight division to lead Ada.
"Noah Arnett has improved tremendously over the course of this year," said Ada first-year head coach Eric Perkins. "He was the only (Ada) wrestler who made it to the second day this weekend.
Annette Coger took this photo of a snow shark from the inside window of her residence south of Ada at the corner of State Route 235 and County Road 60. For a full view of the creature check the next photo in this series. Lots more snow photos from Icon viewers are also on the home page. Click here to view them.
