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By Monty Siekerman
How did you spend Leap Year Day?

Probably, like any other day: going to work on Monday, beginning another week or, if you are elderly, making appointments with doctors and labs.

So, we asked: how did you celebrate Leap Year Day. The consistent answer: nothing special, just another day, went about my daily routine.

Merchants are letting a good opportunity go by. No Leap Year greeting cards or flower specials, no abundance of red, white, and blue flags.

The Icon continues its photo feature on members of the Ada Junior High band. Here's Aylssa Wince, seventh grader, playing the trumpet.

Second and third graders in Ada Schools presented "Lemonade" on Thursday afternoon in the school auditorium. (The program should have been titled "Snow Cone" on one of the few days in February this year to see the white stuff come down.)

Ada has a large group of second and third graders with four classes in second and three in third. 

The program, drawing many family members in the audience, was headed up by music teacher Mrs. McPeeks. (Monty Siekerman)

 

ReStore begins 2016 with a makeover: new paint and, most importantly, a new floor.

That makeover is featured in the winter ReStore newsletter, which is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The old floor — unattractive and unsafe — was replaced with new multicolor linoleum, textured for additional stability. “It looks nice and it feels good when you walk on it,” said Dana Walters, ReStore director. “We don’t have to trip over the loose tiles.”

Photos and story by Ken Collins
Warmer temperatures on Sunday were the kiss of death for snowmen in Ada.  And so we present a "Requiem for Roger's Snowman."

Roger says his snowman was over seven feet tall originally.  Now it is nowhere near that tall, and the carrot nose, hat, and scarf lie scattered on the ground. 

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The snow was off the playing field, piled along the sidelines, at Dial-Roberson stadium on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural men's lacrosse game against Franciscan, an Ohio college near Pittsburgh. ONU, with an all-freshman team drew blood first, making for a happy home team and crowd of about 200 spectators. Then, the Polar Bears scored the second, third, and fourth points making the score 4-0 before the half. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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