Ada HS Varsity Singers will perform their show "Coffee Break" 7 p.m., Monday, March 9, in the school auditorium. This is the group's final showcase of the year. Click here for more details. Scott Henning is the director.
By Liz Gordon-Hancock
How much “screen time” should parents allow?
When do you give your child their own cell phone?
Do you allow cell phones at the dinner table?
We all rely on technology: we’re more likely to leave the house without our wallet than our cell phone. We take it for granted that we can, at a glance, know the exact time, the weather, traffic, or who’s texted, emailed, phoned or posted on Facebook, and so on, simply by glancing at our smart phone.
In my household of seven, there are no less then three laptops, three tablets, and four smart phones.
Ada schools cancelled three out of four Thursdays in February. That makes a current total of six calamity days thus far for the school year. According to the superintendent, Meri Skilliter, the make-up day for Ada schools will be Wednesday, April 15.
February skies dumped a total of 11.2 inches of snow throughout the month, with 4.2 inches falling in one day, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The temperature ranged from a cold 6 degrees (on Feb. 13 & 14) to a practically balmy 61 degrees (on Feb. 3) over the course of the month.
Jeff Andrews entered the state tournament his senior year of high school thinking that was it for his athletic career. All signs pointed to Andrews' fifth-place match as the final bout of his long and arduous wrestling career.
"It was super emotional," Andrews said. "I thought that would be the last time I would wrestle."
Andrews quickly found out not only how much wrestling meant to him, but how much he needed the sport, as well. Wrestling has given Andrews an unparalleled work ethic, taught him the toughest of lessons, kept him accountable and shaped him into the man he is today.
What classes are you taking this semester? Nicolas: Sociology, communications/economics, physics, film and lit, digital graphics, calculus, and Spanish 4.
What do you want to do after high school? Nicolas: I hope to become a therapist, earning my degree at ONU. I would like to travel to Austria and be a therapist at an international hotel since my German is not great. If I’m passionate enough about psychology I might become a professor, but I’m not sure yet though.
You are looking at Ada's board game king, Josh Walton. The Icon dropped in on a Star Wars board game underway on Friday at the Ada Public Library and watched the master at his craft.
