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Ada HS and ONU grad designing sets and costumes for The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London

This month, Ada High School and Ohio Northern University graduate, Jill Davis, is at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

She is the daughter of Duane and the late Helen Davis of Ada.

She was invited to design the set and costumes for three short farces by Feydeau. Geoff Bullen translated these scripts from French and is now directing the production he has dubbed “Chez Feydeau.”

Here is one of the three renderings of the set Davis created for the production. “There are three projection screens above the set that have images of Paris at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries,” explains Davis.

Mike Hood talks to Kiwanis Club about human trafficking along I-75

Mike Hood told Ada Kiwanis members about the problems with human trafficking problem along I-75 and in Allen County. 

He said that not only does this problem include trafficking in the sex industry, but also trafficking in labor intensive industries. He noted that In Lima the police reported that they currently working on 1,000 cases. Lima is an origin city for trafficking victims. 

As of August 2015, about 1,900 children have been recovered by the Lima police, the youngest about 9 years old. People are also trafficked for the harvesting of organs. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is working on this problem with the Ohio Human Trafficking Commission, said Hood.

Which state has a climate suitable for growing citrus fruits - California or Maine?

Our headline question's answer is "Califorinia," and these Ada elementary and junior high students already knew the answer.

Why? They competed in this year's Ada's District Geography Bee, held Jan. 21.

Mike Styer, 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher, moderated the Bee. Suzanne Hardesty, Gifted Coordinator, was the Bee coordinator and second judge.

Winners were:
• Ireland Marshall, first
• Nathan Hurtig, second
• Connor Daugherty, third

Suzanne Hardesty provided the Icon with some background on the event, which makes it even more iteresting:

Two Ada teams compete in Boy Scout Klondike Derby

The two Klondike Derby teams from Ada Boy Scout Troop 124 finished high in the annual show of Scouting skills and endurance. The derby was held at Camp Lakota on Jan. 23.

The teams had to push wooden sleds through over six miles of snow, ice, water and mud and complete seven group tasks such as fire building, map reading, track and tree identification, buck sawing and knot typing.

The older team, led by Wyatt Rettig, finished in just over five hours. The younger team, lead by Patrol Leader Kamron Wilkerson, finished 20 minutes ahead of the seven-hour limit.

Superior! (junior high science fair winners)

Area are the Ada Junior High students and student teams who received superior ratings at Ada's Local Science Fair earlier this month.

These students qualify to compete at the District Science Fair at ONU in March, according to Alayne Schrock, science teacher.

(Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)

Ireland Marshall wins Geography Bee

Ada's 4th grade through 8th grade Geography Bee took place last week. Here are the winners: Ireland Marshall, first; Nathan Hurtig, second, and Conner Daughtery, third.

(Photo from Ada Bulldog Facebook)

 

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