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Ada band continues its winning streak

Now just a few points shy of qualifying for state marching band finals
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 20, 2016

The Ada High School Marching Band continues winning streak.

The Ada High School marching band earned first place in class C Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Buckeye Invitational.

This was the third competition of the season and the third time the Bulldogs have earned first place.

In addition, the group earned honors for best general effects, color guard, music and visual effects in Class C.

The Buckeye Invitational is a high school band competition sponsored by the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA). It is hosted by The Ohio State University Marching Band and takes place in Ohio Stadium.

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Zeta Tau Alpha raises money for cancer research

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 20, 2016

Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sponsored a buffet Tuesday at The Inn, hoping to raise more than $1,000 for cancer research and education.

Colette Rzeszutko (right), who was in charge of the event, welcomes Matthew Phillips, a business professor, and his wife, Angie, a teacher at Allen East.

About 170 people dined at the Pink Pasta buffet. Ridding the world of cancer is the national and local philanthropic effort of ZTA. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Icon's dog of the week: Minnie has a micro-chip and is ready to go home with you

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 17, 2016

Meet Minnie- a 1 1/2 year old Terrier mix. Golden in color. Already micro-chipped, fixed, up to date on shots and crate trained.

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

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Best color guard, best percussion, best music, best visual effects

Judges love AHS band at Norton competition
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 16, 2016

The Ada High School marching band earn a first place finish in Class C (schools with less than 300 students in grades 10-12) at the “Art in Motion” OMEA competition held Saturday in Norton. 

The group also received the following awards when combining classes B and C:
• Best color guard
• Best percussion
• Best music
• Best visual effects

Additionally the band was awarded points for the best visual effect regardless of any band size!

The band received a superior rating, signifying an outstanding performance with very few errors, in the following categories: color guard, percussion and visual effect.

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Ada Teacher Feature: Was Mrs. Smittle your kindergarten teacher?

"Sometimes I even learn from my students!"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 14, 2016

By Darlene Bowers
Welcome to the Ada Icon’s “Ada Teacher Feature.” Here we share thoughts and insights from local teachers who lift up and inspire our students. Let us lift up and inspire these educators as well. Today we meet Kim Smittle.

Forensic scientist? Baker? Culinary artist? How about a teaching career? Kim Smittle has been working 31 years providing classroom experiences that make a lasting impression with her students.

What grade do you teach?
Kindergarten

Tell us about your extracurricular activities.
I am very involved with the music department.

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Junior Civic League gets library renewal levy update

Jamie Dellifield talks about Mental Health Day
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 14, 2016

Ada Junior Civic League

The October meeting of the Ada JCL was hosted by Myra Berger and Linda Staley at the Ada Visiting Nurse with eight members present.  The meeting was called to order by President Linda Ferguson. 

The speakers for the evening included Amanda Bennett and Connie Fleming from the Ada Public Library.  Amanda thanked the club for our donation towards the summer reading program’s, she then spoke about the 5-year renewal levy for the library. 

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