Barrette Jones and Jacob Bassitt, Ada High School seniors, are the January Elks Ada teenagers of the month.
Barrette Jones
Barrette is active in many school activities. These include student council, cheerleading, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society, Varsity Singers show choir, Language Club, Film Club, Ada vocal ensemble, track, and junior class officer.
Ada High School sophomores will be among more than 600 sophomores in Apollo Career Center’s 11-member district visiting Apollo during 411Blast, scheduled Jan. 25-28.
Ada students will visit from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
The day exposes students to possibilities and paths available for their career and, or college success. Students choose two programs of interest and then spend one-half day visiting those labs, meeting the instructors and participating in fun, interactive demos and activities.
15 minutes with Dexter R Woods III, Ada High School junior What classes are you taking this semester?
I am taking Anatomy/Physiology, Advanced Chemistry CC+, AP US History, Spanish 3, Calculus 2, Government, Composition 2.
Which one is the most difficult and why?
Calculus 2 is most difficult because I am taking it at ONU.
The following area students are on the fall Rhodes State College dean’s list. Full-time students must be enrolled in at least 12 hours and earn a 3.5 grade point or higher. Part-time students must be enrolled in at least 6 but not more than 11 credit hours and earn a 3.5 grade or higher.
Ada
Full-time students
McCormick Ault
Cody Blair
Ashley Wolber
Part-time students
Courtney Blackburn
Brooke Long
Jacob Morgan
Jacob Thaxton
Kayla Whitaker
Okay, Buckeye fans, wait ‘til next year as the saying goes.
While Ohio State did not win the national championship two contestants in the Icon’s national title game contest picked the winner and were closest to the correct point spread.
The Icon awarded one hometown pizza to an overall Bluffton winner and to one overall Ada winner. The correction point spread was 28 points.
Ada Icon’s winner is Dexter Woods, who picked Alabama by 21 points.
He wins an Ada Three Brothers Family Pizza
Bluffton Icon’s winner is Brandon Huber, who picked Alabama by 17 points
He wins a Bluffton Padrone’s Pizza
Tina Lantz-Wireman is the winner of yesterday's Vancrest of Ada raffle basket. Sixty tickets were in the drawing, or in this case, spinning. Watch details on basket 4 coming soon, according to the Vancrest staff.
