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New edition updates Indianist movement from Perestroika to Putin

MEDIA RELEASE__"Red Men in Red Square is a captivating true story chronicling the extraordinary journey of American writer [and Ohio Northern professor emeritus] Claude Clayton Smith and Chief Big Eagle of Connecticut’s Golden Hill Paugussett tribe as they travel to post-Soviet Russia in 1990-1991.

MEDIA RELEASE__The following high school students from Ada have been recognized by the Apollo Career Center for academic excellence during the 1st quarter of the 2026-2027 school year.

All A Honor Roll
Ellie Bowsher, Ella Fay, Alivia Gibson, Kale Pedersen, Rebecca Preston

A/B Honor Roll 
Grady Curtis, Charliegh Entinghe, Layla Fisher, Landen Green,  Brier Hannah, Peyton Hollar, Landon Huber, Dylan Marshall, Vincent Miserendino, Ryan Nichols, Lyrik Reser, Brody Rister, Xavier Smith, Summer Wibley, Tristen Wise

MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Exempted Village Schools have issued the following 1st Quarter Honor Roll and Dean’s List for the 2025-2026 school year.

The list includes honorees in grades 4-12.

GRADE 4
ALL A:  Korben Brown, Luke Kitelinger, Arnav Lamichhane, Carmine Lanuto, Maverick Lawrence, Evelynn Long, Carter Musselman, Ali Perry, Cooper Raines, Walter Riblet, Krystal Rivera, Easton Salyer, Elliott Salyer and Charlie Stauffer

Photos by Mark Andreasen / Click to enlarge

Ada started the week off with a Halloween parade coordinated by Circle K, the Ohio Northern student chapter of the Kiwanis Club. Parade participants in the parade competed for best costume with the following results.

Preschool & Kindergarten (22 entries)
1st - Evelyn Roberson
2nd - Carter Hollar
3rd - Graysen Lee
4th - Isabella Earl

Icon columnist Karen Kier, who writes articles on behalf of ONU Healthwise, has been named to a new Soroptimist International Gender Medicine Working Group, which "brings together expertise in medicine, pharmacy, health policy, governance and campaign communications, with members drawn from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America."

L-R) Gavin Guyton, Dailah Preston, Mariah Franco Rangel, Taylor Price

By Maycie Dewese
Ada FFA Reporter

On Tuesday, September 22, Ada FFA officers: Dailah Preston, Gavin Guyton, Taylor Price, and Mariah Franco Rangel attended the 2026 Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference.

This event is hosted every year at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. FFA members took part in learning how to advocate for agriculture and learned how laws are introduced and passed.

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