In cooperation with Ada schools, the Ada Icon will post each of the Ada High School class of 2020 seniors in the spotlight. Tori Gillham is today's senior in the spotlight.
Ada native Chris Wire didn’t build a better mousetrap. He didn’t have to.
Instead, he did create 30-second mousetrap video, viewed, oh, perhaps 100 million times. You’ve no doubt viewed it yourself.
Chris, a 1989 Ada High School graduate and son of Keith and Kathy Wire, owners of Keith’s Hardware, is principal owner of Real Art, a technology and design agency in Dayton.
He says that prior to attending the University of Dayton he worked at Keith’s Hardware practically every day and weekends since he was born and all the way through high school.
The Lima Memorial Hospital Foundation has placed a fabric mask drop-off location outside of ONU’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Countless individuals from the area are sewing face masks, and Lima Memorial Hospital will ensure the masks are properly laundered and processed for use before being distributed to area health care entities.
Thousands of people have visited the Ada Park – officially known as the Liberty Township Park District – in the past quarter century.
They’ve attended Farmers and Merchants Picnics, plus watched one or countless games of football, softball, soccer, track, baseball, midget football and youth soccer.
Or, they walked their dog, took a stroll to enjoy the trees as they bloomed each spring and turned red and orange in the fall, or had a picnic in the park.
During the past 25 years, one of the three members of the board who oversees Ada’s favorite playground is Tony Wolke.
In cooperation with Ada schools, the Ada Icon will post each of the Ada High School class of 2020 seniors in the spotlight.Katie Butterfield is today's senior in the spotlight.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association informed member schools Monday, April 20, that spring sports are now cancelled, as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced earlier in the day that school facilities will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the coronavirus COVID-19.
OHSAA Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass sent the memo to school administrators following Governor DeWine’s press conference.
