By Cort Reynolds
ADA - With basketball practice set to tip off Oct. 30, the Ada athletic department and school district moved quickly to hire a familiar face as the replacement for Dre White, who resigned Oct. 6.
Ada hired veteran local coach Jon Cook at its Oct. 14 school board meeting by a 4-1 vote. Cook previously coached the Bulldog boys varsity squad for three seasons from 1995-98 after a short stint as the junior varsity coach.
He has a varied resume of coaching at many levels, including junior high at Ada as well as collegiately.
Ada and Lilncolnview volleyball member pose for a photo at last night's Volley for the Cure game held in Ada.
Erin Robinson, mother of Ada’s freshman volleyball player, Daicy Robinson, was recognized at the game.
Erin is currently winning her second battle with cancer. She has chosen the IBC Network Foundation, as recipient of the proceeds raised this year in coordination with this event.
NWC powerhouse Lincolnview won the game. Click here for the game summary.
Ada High School grad Eli Garmon recently participated in the University of Findlay's theatre production of "The End of the World Improv Showcase."
UF students participated as cast members and/or as members of the production crew. Garmon was a cast member of Smack-eos.
Directed by comedian and alumna Sam Woodman '10, the live-streamed show featured 12 masked students and explored a variety of improvisational comedy forms, audience engagement, and spontaneous creativity.
Kylie Colwell, an Ada High School senior, is the Icon October artist of the month.
This fall she is enrolled in Art 4 and has taken Art 1, 2 and 3.
She is currently working on her art portfolio to prepare for art school admissions. In addition to visual arts, she has been involved in dance for 14 years.
Gary Wells, Ada HS art teacher said, “Kylie is a naturally gifted artist whose attention to detail has always been superior.”
Kylie's own art comments follow: "This piece (in the photo) is a stylized still-life painting of things I found around the classroom that I made for my college portfolio.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - John Dillinger takes the stage in a free virtual lecture from the Hancock Historical Museum this weekend.
The presentation is at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11. To register for the Zoom lecture, click here for the museum’s website or call the museum at 419-423-4433.
Denise (Marquart) Testa, a 1975 Cory-Rawson graduate, is the presenter. She will talk about her soon-to-be-released 226-page book “Defending the Dillinger Gang.”
FROM ONU ARTS & DESIGN FACEBOOK - Associate Professor of Art Melissa Eddings Mancuso has accepted the endowed chair in the arts from Ohio Northern President, Dr. Daniel Dibiasio. The announcement was posted on Oct. 7.
The Eleanor H. and Robert W. Biggs Chair in the Arts recognizes either an associate or full professor in music, theatre arts, or art & design.
Melissa is an associate professor of art in the School of Visual & Performing Arts.
She has taught at ONU since 1997, served as chair for the department of Art & Design from 2000–2002, and currently teaches painting, printmaking, book arts, and drawing courses.
