Rebekah Walker, Ada High School senior, is the Icon's February artist of the month.
Rebekah is currently in Art 4. She has taken Art 1, Art 2, and Art 3.
"Art has always been a part of my life," she said. "I remember in eighth grade Mr. Wells saw a drawing I was doing and told me that he really wanted me to take high school art. I've taken art every year since. In my free time I enjoy creating drawings and paintings for friends."
Rebekah stands beside a picture of pop bottles that she painted on top of pop bottle caps.
"Believe it or not, it was originally going to be a picture of a 'fox' but, this just made more sense to me," she said.
Several Ada High School graduates attending college outside of Ada were recently named to dean’s lists. Those students follow:
• Morgan Sutton was named to the Ashland University dean's list. She is majoring in exercise science.
• Elizabeth Milks was named to the Miami University President's list. She is majoring in biology.
• Three students were named to the fall dean’s list at Ohio University, Athens. They are:
Madison Wright in the College of Arts and Sciences
Kylie Guagenti in the College of Health Sciences and Professions
Austin Amburgey in the Honors Tutorial College
David Borkosky, a Riverdale High School student, helped save lives by recently hosting an American Red Cross blood drive and earned a $1,000 scholarship as a result of his lifesaving efforts.
As part of the Red Cross Leaders Save Lives winter program, the Riverdale High School student hosted a blood drive at Mount Blanchard United Methodist Church on Dec. 23, which collected 40 blood donations.
As a result, David was entered in a drawing to win a scholarship and was chosen as a winner. He was also awarded a gift card.
Four Ohio Northern University art and design students have an exhibit of their work this month in the Elzay Gallery of Art this month. The students are:
• Jessica Stitts, Sweet Poppy Boutique
• Claire Orsagos, Live It Well
• Megan Bell, Arts and Mental Health
• Amanda Trogus, Community, Unity, Diversity
Mana Hashimoto, Icon intern created the accompanying video of the show, which is open to the public.
Howard Fenton of Ada is the winner of the Ada Icon Super Bowl contest. He predicted a Tampa Bay win by 13 points, which was the widest point spread among all entries.
He wins a 16-inch, 2-item 2 Brothers Family Pizza. Coincidentially, the Bluffton winner, LeeAnn White also picked Tampa Bay by 13.
Here's some contest stats:
16 contestants picked Tampa Bay to win
32 contestants picked Kansas City to win
Contestants entered from Bluffton, Ada, Lima, California, South Carolina and North Carolina.
