All that reading paid off last week for Ada elementary students.
The Ada Academic Boosters reading carnival was the reward, as students earned points all year for their reading. There were games and more games as students, Kindergarten through fifth grade tried their skill at lots of activities.
The Icon shares the following series of photos during the Kindergarten carnival experience of this year's carnival.
The Hardin County Joy Riders 4H Club Officers for 2019 are from left: Reporter River Guinn, Treasurer Kobe Hooker, Secretary Taylor Price, Vice-President Bryant Conley, Recreation Jesa Daniels, President Tanner Cole and Health & Safety Grace McCullough.
The 4-H Hardin Hoppers and the Barnyard Friends will be doing a car wash and bake sale as their fundraisers this year. Date and times have yet to be decided.
The group will host a nature-themed booth at the Hardin County fair this year.
Please note, anyone taking a market animal to the fair this year must do quality insurance. Hardin County fairgrounds will be open on June 6 to enable market animals to obtain quality insurance.
Anyone taking a dairy beef, feeders or boilers, the animal(s) must be registered by May 15.
Ada High School senior Kama Arn is one of four students awarded a $1,000 Liberty National Bank college scholarship, announced Ronald L. Zimmerly, Liberty president and chief executive officer.
Liberty Bank employees have created the fund by making voluntary donations to it.
In addition, Liberty National Bank board of directors made a commitment to match any money given through the scholarship fund up to a maximum of $500. The scholarship is a one-time donation to a qualifying senior of an employee.
Jacob Colwell is a black belt in Karate, a member of the Ada HS golf team, trumpeter in the band, on the gold winter guard team, and plans to enroll next fall at Ohio Northern in its mechanical engineering program.
He balances these extra-curricular activities while taking Calculus II at ONU, Physics for college credit plus, and a mix of other academic courses including French III, CAD III and Advanced Placement English. And, he carries a 4.0 grade point average.
