I have four children and they are split 50-50 as far as their enjoyment of rollercoasters.
The thrill of the climb, the shock of the drop, the blood rushing through their veins – two of them enjoy every moment of the experience, but two not so much. They were all raised in a similar environment, have common parents, same gene pool, etc. but two of them have a stomach for risk and two do not.
It should also be noted that my oldest child has developmental disabilities and she really has no business being on a rollercoaster in the first place. (We learned that the hard way, but that’s a story for another day.)
By Monty Siekerman Here'a a continuation of an Ada Icon series in cooperation with Ada Area Chamber of Commerce promoting shopping local for Christmas. This focus is on Reichert's.
Hilary Dalton, of Reichert’s, displays a blouse, perfect for gift-giving. The clothing store offers many popular brands for youth, men, and women. The store is located at 111-113 S. Main, 419-634-2881.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and Ada Icon encourages you to shop local.
FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - Ada High School's VEX Engineering Design class recently worked with robots.
Students in the class programed VEX robots to autonomously pick up one ping pong ball and drop it into the can, then using the remote control to pick up another ping pong ball and drop it in the can.
These actions simulate the VEX competition events where 15 seconds of the competition is autonomous and 45 seconds is completed by remote control.
Members of Ada Senior Citizens write messages on greeting cards that will accompany goodie bags to be delivered to shut-ins. The organization met for breakfast Wednesday at CHP. From left are Olivia Dukas, Madonna Lawrence, and Chloe Cole.
In the bottom photo are: from left are Roy Justice, Linda Dearth and Jane Helser.
VAN WERT - The Ada swim team competed in a double dual meet at Van Wert this past Thursday.
The purple and gold females defeated Elida 49-41 to post the Ada win on the evening.
The Ada boys lost to Elida, 64-28.
The VW girls beat the Lady Bulldogs 58-36, and the Ada boys fell to the Cougars by a 52-37 count.
Ada junior Klava Katayama won the 400 freestyle race, and also took first in the 100 butterfly. Junior Sidney Gossard and sophomore Paige Cole also posted first-place individual wins.
