By Fred Steiner
It is a certainty that “The Covid-19 Era” will resonate with us as “The Great Depression” did with our parents and grandparents.
The message “never throw anything away because you never know when you might need it,” is among the what-did-your Depression era grandparents and parents teach their Baby Boomers children?
That Great Depression generation’s continual reminder that things may be great today, but, once upon a time that wasn’t the case, can only mean they experienced something that we know very little about today.
Ada High School had four queens in 1967. From left, Rhonda Miller, G.A.A. queen; Coleen Hathaway, HI-Y and Y-Teen queen; Jeanette Willeke, homecoming queen; and Jacque Ludwig, Hardin County junior fair queen.
Review by Robert McCool
“Talking to Strangers” is a look at miscommunication.
Malcom Gladwell's 2019 nonfiction book is a look at how communication fails when there are no common expectations between strangers in the language they use.
“Talking to Strangers” (Hachette Book Group, ISBN978-0-316-47852-6) presents cases where spoken language is subverted by non-verbal cues that can be misconstrued by the observer to mean something other than what they are meant to be.
Sheila Coressel will chair the Ada-Liberty Joint Ambulance District board in 2021. The announcement was made following the reorganization of that board on Jan. 18, according to Nancy Kindle, board fiscal officer.
Board members include:
Jeff Acheson, representing Liberty Township
Sheila Coressel, board chair, representing village of Ada
Terry Keiser, member at large
Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m., in the EMS building at 530 N. Gilbert St. The 2021 meetings are on the third Monday of each month:
St. Mark Lutheran Church and Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold its "Last Wednesday Community Meal" Wednesday Jan. 27. The meal will be served at St. Mark, 125 S. Johnson St.
The meal will be served drive up/walk up only and is free to the community. The menu includes chicken and noodles, potatoes, green beans and pie.
The meal runs 5 to 6:30 pm. Current safety protocols will be observed.
Amelia Young is among all Ada seventh graders who want to share their science fair project with Icon viewers. Amelia's project involved hover crafts and is titled Riding on Air. Click here to view all of the presentations. Her project earned a superior rating and she is a district qualifier. Other winners are 1st place (tie): Laenen Ulrey and Alyssa Nau; 2nd place Slade Gossman; 3rd place Ayla Tabler and superior rating district qualifiers Eli Esguerra, Jacob Henson, Alyssa Madison, Jordyn Smith, Josh Thaxton and Amelia Young.
