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Sometimes you have to sit on your mom's lap to see over the rail to watch the show.

Here, Amanda Tanner and her son Teegan have front row seats to watch the second and third grade program "Lemonade" at the Ada School auditorium on Thursday. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Dr. James Estes, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and research biologist at the Institute for Marine Sciences, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.

Estes’ presentation, titled “Apex Predators and Nature’s Functions,” is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences program, named in honor of ONU alumnus Terry D. Keiser, professor of biological sciences and director of University sustainability.

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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.

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

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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)

 

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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.”

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