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Winter Guard teams: Fifth consecutive high school state title; second consecutive junior high state title

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Under the direction of Amy Webb and Jonathan Lischak, Ada's Junior High Winter Guard, High School Rifle Line and High School Winter Guard teams all had great performances  March 29 at the Ohio Indoor Performance Association (OIPA)'s State Color Guard and Percussion Championships in Wapakoneta.

JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL TEAM PHOTOS BELOW.

Approximately 70 winter guard and percussion groups from around Ohio competed in the event. The Junior High and High School Winter Guard teams won top honors as state champions in their respective classes.

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Ohio Northern University’s Department of English closes Spring Reading Series with poet Roger Reeves

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Ohio Northern University Department of English closes its 2014 Spring Reading Series with poet Roger Reeves in the Elzay Gallery of Art on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m.

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Ohio Northern University’s Keiser Lecture to focus on ‘Driving Innovation and Value through Sustainability’

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Scott Griffin, chief sustainability Officer at Greif Inc., in the Dicke Forum on Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Look who is on the Ada school honor roll

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The third quarter Ada honor roll of the 2013-14 school year was released this week.

Here is the list of students on the honor roll:

ALL "A" HONOR ROLL

12TH GRADE: Sa'ed Al-Olimat, Jessica Hill, Cory Kellum, Annabel Pinkney.

11TH GRADE:  Alexis Amburgey, Allison Howard, Caralee Stover, Victoria Wyss.

10TH GRADE: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Megan Simon, Katelyn Stuart, Kylelyn Stuart, Casey Swick, Blake Willeke.

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When you least expect it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Sometimes when you least expect it, a locomotive that simply doesn't belong in Ada shows up. Here's a perfect example: A Union Pacific Railroad diesel pulls a freight train through Ada. The UP diesel is common west of Chicago, but is pretty rare in Ada.

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Headwaters of upper Scioto River could serve as beaver reintroduction effort

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 31, 2014

Save the Mammals, a national proactive wildlife organization dedicated to animal heritage projects, this week announced its intention to reintroduce beavers in Ohio.

The feeder streams of the upper Scioto River, just south of Ada, are among four areas in Ohio under consideration for reintroduction of the once-common Scioto Marsh mammal.

The other three areas are Ripley, near the Ohio River in southwestern Ohio; Barnesville in southeastern Ohio; and a yet-to-be named area in northeastern Ohio.

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