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Art...the answer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 30, 2018

Wes and Elsie Allen are helping put together Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

Van Gogh painted this oil on canvas in 1889 from his asylum room in France. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC since 1941.

The Allens have been working with other Ada teens at the Ada Public Library the past couple of months attaching 4,000 stickers from kindergarten age through 5th grade at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

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Ada students give blood

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Ada students and teachers donated blood last week during an American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. Donations are urgently needed due to emergencies the past few months and bad weather keeping donations at a minimum.

 

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Puppets entertain at Vancrest

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Gospel singing and fun puppets entertained residents of Ada Vancrest on Wednesday afternoon. Brenda Scott (left) of Kenton and Glenna Lowmaster of Ridgeway sang many old familiar hymns while residents joined them in song. The ladies have been entertaining at half a dozen nursing homes for the past six years. “We like to bring joy into lives,” they agreed. “When they smile, we smile.” Brenda and Glenna are members of Victory Chapel of Praise near Alger.

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Quiz team to compete in regionals

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The highly successful Ada High School quiz team isn’t done yet. The team will compete in the regional Ohio Academic Competition on Saturday, April 21, at Van Wert Hugh School. If the team places first or second there, it qualifies for state on May 5.

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Ada Barnyard Farmer’s 4H elect officers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

By Elsie Allen
Sunday, March 25, the 2nd meeting of the Ada Barnyard Farmer’s 4H Club opened with a ball-tossing name game.

After the exciting game, we elected officers for 2018. The officers [ from left to right]  are: President: Jillian Hazelton, Vice President: Wyatt Ferguson, Secretary: Melia Santillanez, Treasurer: Riley Ferguson, Reporter: Elsie Allen, Recreation: Sam Santillanez, Health and Safety: Wyatt Fisher, and Photographer: Brody Erickson.

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Hardin County quiz bowl champs

Ada's team had 39 wins under its belt
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team ran it overall match record to 39-4 by winning this year's Hardin County Invitational Quiz Bowl.  The annual event features all six Hardin County Schools and two schools invited from Hancock County.

The Bulldogs opened the evening with convincing wins over Upper Scioto Valley, Liberty Benton and Cory Rawson.  Following the dinner break, Ada resumed its domination by racking up wins against  Hardin Northern and Kenton.  Ada's 5-0 record earned a playoff for the championship against a very tough Riverdale squad.

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