The Ada Kiwanis Club awarded four scholarships to the following Ada High School seniors at the Senior Awards Banquet held May 14: Hattie Dearth, Shelby Conner, Hannah Bass and Matthew Wilcox.
John Berg, President-Elect of the club presented the awards. The Ada Kiwanis Club has presented scholarships to graduating seniors for the last several years.
Berg noted that the main thrust of Kiwanis International is to help the children of the world and seems fitting that the Ada Kiwanis Club would choose to make the annual presentations.
The Ada Kiwanis Club was founded in 1924 and is in 90th year of service to the Ada community.
Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2014 on Sunday, May 25, at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
At the Senior Honor Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 14, it was announced that Annabel Pinkney and Matthew Wilcox have earned the honor of Co-Valedictorians, while Sa’ed Al-Olimat was named Salutatorian.
Several Ada High School cast members from "Murder in the House of Horrors" received top honors from the Hardin County Players Take a Bow Awards. Students recognized were Eli Rayl, Eli Garmon, and Reece Evans.
Eli Garmon, a freshman, received TAB’s Best Male Actor award for his roles as Dirk and Kirk Carlton while Eli Rayl, a senior, won the Best Supporting Male Actor award for his work as Gahji Amun.
Sixth grader Reece Evans received the Best Junior Performer award.
The annual TAB awards are “held to honor the outstanding theatrical achievements of students in each of the area Hardin County Schools.”
Ada Boy Scout troop 124 held its Court of Honor May 12 at the Ada Park.
Here's a report of the event:
The Scouts planned a meal of walking tacos to be shared with their families before beginning the ceremony. Senior Patrol Leader, Aaron Spar served as master of ceremonies. He opened the event with Deavan Scott leading the Pledge of Allegiance along with Patrol Leader, Isaac Spar leading the Boy Scout Oath.
Various young men spoke to the crowd about the events they have participated in since their last Court of Honor in February.
Ada youth learned about bake safety and had some fun on Saturday as the Ada Police Department and Ada Kiwanis Club held a spring bike rodeo. Here are some views of the event taken by Brian Myers.
The Kiwanis Club purchased helmets for participants. McDonalds donated the refreshments. Padrones, and China King donated raffle prizes. Walmart provided the bikes to winners.
