Former Ada resident Connie (Miller) Dixon, now of Sidney, responded to the Icon’s request for snow photos.
She writes: "We always played out in the snow in Ada when I was growing up and so I still like to go out and play in the snow and I'm still growing up.” Here are descriptions of her three photos:
• Heart tramped out in the snow at my house by an unknown visitor
• My back yard...deer have eaten apples out of the bird bath
Cleveland TV station WKYC recently interviewed Ohio Northern University alum Katie Oriti, who is working with a team, which launched a NASA satellite in December. The satellite is about the size of a loaf of bread. Oriti is the team leader.
Here are portions of that story by Jeff Reidel:
In December, NASA Glenn Research Center sent into space a satellite about the size of a loaf of bread, call ALBus. And if this mission is successful, it could power a next generation of small exploration.
Ada fourth graders for several years have taken the Books with Benz reading incentive. “Benz” is really Rich Bensman, ONU men’s basketball coach.
Each fall Coach Bensman and several players on the ONU men’s team visit Ada fourth graders. The visit emphasizes the importance of reading.
Books with Benz reading incentive inspires fourth graders to read. In a men’s game, earlier this week, students who met or exceeded the reading challenge were recognized at halftime after getting into the game free. And, of course, special reading shirts come with the incentive – and the fourth graders are wearing them in the photo.
Ada High School graduate Benjamin Bowers was recently named to the Denison University dean's list for the fall of 2018. To be named to the list students must have earned a semester grade point average of at least 3.7 for 12 hours or more.
