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Several hallways, K-12 gym, library and some classrooms

The Ada Exempted Village Schools had a pipe that was part of the fire suppression system burst in the elementary portion of the K-12 building at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, according to Meri Skilliter, superintendent.

“The rupture alerted the district’s security company, which dispatched the Ada Fire Department and administrators, who responded quickly,” said Skilliter.

Area affected included several hallways, the K-12 gymnasium, the library and a few classrooms.

A water mitigation service was summoned by the district to assist with clean-up shortly after the incident occurred.

The Ada HS Tech Wizards after school program for tomorrow has been canceled. The next meeting will be Feb. 13.

Q: How cold was it and how much snow did we get?

Minus 13 degrees and 6.7 inches of snow.

Those two facts answer the two questions on most people’s minds in Ada today.

Q: How cold was it?
A: Minus 13 early Monday morning.

Q: How much snow did we get?
A: 6.7 inches on Saturday.

The weather stats are from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

That -13 is 1 degree colder than the coldest temperature reported in 2018. But it doesn’t match  -16 in 2009 or  -19 in 2014. Yet, it is 68 colder than January 2019 high of 55 on Jan. 8.

For the daily weather summary so this year look at the chart below.

Ada schools are closed on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The announcement was made on Ada School Alerts at 7:46 a.m.

Photographs of snow - more than simply views out the window

Scroll down to view the photos at the bottom of this story -

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”

This quote by Andrew Wyeth best explains the photos in the series of snow in rural Ada. You can feel the bone structure of the landscape.

You can also see things in the landscape – like the trees in the background and the shadows cast on the snow – that you don’t see otherwise.

These photos were taken by Icon viewer Deborah East-Blevins. These scenes are from County Road 10 in rural Ada.

Girls' bball game and film club

Two Ada school activities are cancelled for tonight, Monday, Jan. 21:

• The JV/varsity girls' basketball game tonight against Ridgemont has been cancelled and rescheduled for Feb. 4.

 • High school film club for tonight is cancelled.

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