Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
The standing room only audience gave the Ada Varsity Singers a standing ovation at the conclusion of their exhibition performance on Saturday in the school auditorium.
For the 41st consecutive year, Ada hosted its Music Feast, which is an invitational competition of show choirs from nine schools in Ohio and Michigan.
The Varsity Singers involve one in five Ada High School students with 28 singer/dancers and a 13-member band assisted by 6 crew members. They are under the direction of Scott Henning, vocal music director, and Jonathan Lischak, director of instrumental music.
By Monty Siekerman
After 56 years of dental practice in Ada, Dr. Mark Shull retired in August and today he is giving his dental chairs, instruments, and office equipment to Rotary, which will make them available to the people of Belize and Honduras.
The Ada Rotary Club is a member of District 6600, which has an arrangement with M.E.S.A. (Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad) to collect medical and dental equipment for areas of the world in need.
On this rainy day, Dr. Shull’s equipment was loaded into trucks, taken to a warehouse in Fostoria, and soon will be shipped to Central America.
There will be an open house for Connie Fleming’s 80th birthday on Saturday. The event will be held from 2-4 p.m. at Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main St. All are welcome.
By Monty Siekerman
Ada High School won MakerFest among 30 schools that competed Friday at Apollo Career Center.
MakerFest organizers presented the trophy to the school and medals to the individual winners Tuesday during the lunch hour in the school cafeteria.
Ada won the STEM competition which consisted of 17 challenges in science, technology, engineering, and math. Examples of STEM challenges are business simulation, build a tower, and network assembly. Over 1,300 students competed in this year.
Ada finished the day with four gold medals, four silver medals, and four bronze medals in the competition.
