This is the time of year when Ohio residents long for an escape from the cold and snow, to someplace where it's summer.
Recently, area residents Christina and Nathan Seidner did just that with a eight-day mission trip to Uruguay. Nathan is an Ohio Northern University mechanical engineering graduate who is employed at Grob, Bluffton.
The couple are members of First Assembly of God in Lima. They took part in a mission that included 17 others, including members at churches from Findlay, Wapakoneta and Leipsic.
Although it was Nathan's first trip out of the U.S., this was not so for Christina, who had traveled to Peru previously on a mission trip.
15 minutes with Kellen Decker, Ada High School senior
What classes are you taking this semester?
English, Ceramics, Sociology, Algebra II, French I, Personal Finance and I’m a student helper in study hall.
What are your plans after high school?
I’m looking at colleges, which include University of Toledo, Bowling Green and Ashland. I’m looking at business management as a major.
Tell me about your business management experience.
My mom owns The Sawmill Restaurant. I’ve worked there in several capacities.
Over 20 Rhythm In Motion Dance Centre' dancers participated in the ONU 2013 Dance Clinic with the ONU Northern Stars dance team on Feb. 9.
Over 100 dancers participated to a medley of One Direction during the event.
RIMDC dancers range in ages 5-18 and are from Ada, Bluffton, Allen East, Cory-Rawson and Kenton.
The girls took class from ONU students and dancers from 11:30-2:20 p.m., putting the final product together at the 3 p.m. ONU men's basketball game against Mount Union.
Most of these dancers from Rhythm In Motion will be performing center court on March 28 at Quickens Loans Arena, Cleveland, prior to the Cavs versus 76ers game.
Joseph Peace, senior at Ada High School, competed at the Ohio Music Education Association District 3 Solo and Ensemble event. He performed on the trombone in class B with the piece Romanza Appassionata by Carl Maria von Weber. Peace earned a rating of 1, superior, which is the highest that a student can recieve.
Tristan, what year are you at Ada High School?
I’m a junior.
What classes are you taking this semester?
English, Art II, Astronomy, Government, French II and Integrated Math II.
Are you in any extra-curricular activities?
I run track and cross country.
I understand you play the guitar. Who’s your guitar idol?
Eddie Van Halen. I own his Greatest Hits Album from 2003-4. I suppose if I ever met him I’d ask what made him start playing the guitar.
