Trash Pickup Times in Extreme Heat: Rumpke trash collection could start as early as 4:30 a.m. Please place trash and recycling curbside the night before
Teen Screen information went home from Ada schools on Sept. 28 to parents of all 7th through 12th graders, according to a post on Ada Bulldogs Facebook.
The purpose of Teen Screen is to identify risk factors associated with depression, anxiety, and alcohol or other substance abuse.
School officials say that the Teen Screener is one way to get ahead of potential mental health issues and prevent more involved symptoms, perhaps even saving a child’s life.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
The milieu was unusual, a gathering of young people, most all attired in black suits and dresses, wandering around a gymnasium. But it was an important occasion for the younger set, the possibility of attaining that first good job after college graduation. They knew how to dress for success.
State Route 81 between township Road 55 and county Road 65, just east of the village of Ada, will close Oct. 1 for approximately 14 days for the replacement of two culverts.
Traffic will be detoured onto state Route 235, state Route 701 and U.S. 68 back to state Route 81.
Work is being performed by the ODOT Hardin County maintenance garage.
Ada's Town and Gown committee is accepting nominations for Ada's Distinguished Citizen of the Year, according to Deb Curlis, director of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.
Persons interested in making nominations may contact Curlis at: [email protected].
This year's Town and Gown dinner is Monday, Nov. 5, at McIntosh Center on the ONU campus. Tickets are $20. More information on ticket sale locations and the program will follow on the Icon.
By Monty Siekerman
“Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!” You’ve heard that quote many times. Ever wonder what that plane is flying over Ada as you look up into the sky? Now you can know.
There’s an app for that. It tells you anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day what planes are in the sky. Right now there is an airplane near SR 309 just north of Alger—it’s a 737 flying at 34,000 feet, at 363 knots per hour (418 mph), that left Boston at 5:55 and will arrive in Phoenix at 7:17.
