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Harpist at remembrance service

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 13, 2015

Nancy Glick of Arlington played the harp for the remembrance service on Saturday afternoon at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home in Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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He's Ada's new street superintendent

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, December 12, 2015

Meet the new street superintendent for the Village of Ada.

He's Rob Mix, 39, who did similar work for the Village of Forest. He and his wife Kristi are the parents of Trysten, 14, and Kami, 12.

Rob is the man in charge of street and sewer maintenance and repair, leaf collection, snow removal, fixing equipment, and much more. (Monty Siekerman)

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Look what Ada HS grad Matt Meyers is working on - virtual reality

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 11, 2015

Virtual reality is a valuable tool for simulating environments as NASA astronauts prepare for space missions. They also train underwater to get a feel for what it’s like to be in space.
Two Embry-Riddle students are looking to merge those worlds.

One of the students is Matt Meyers, a 2011 Ada High School graduate.

Human Factors students Nathan Sonnenfeld and Meyers have used a 3-D printer in the Game-based Education & Advanced Research Simulations (GEARS) Lab to make a plastic headset that uses wireless technology to create virtual environments, similar to Oculus Rift goggles.

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Katelyn Guagenti headed to Thailand and maybe Laos with "GIVE"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 10, 2015

Ada High School graduate Katelyn Guagenti’s summer plans involve a trip to Thailand and maybe Laos.

Guagenti, a sophomore communication science and disorders (speech pathology/audiology) major at Ohio State University, plans to be in Thailand from July 5 to 18. If her plans work out, she’ll also go to Laos from July 18-31.

Her summer plans center around a program titled GIVE. That stands for Growth International Volunteer Excursions.

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Christy Beaschler career as school treasurer ending

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 10, 2015

By Monty Siekerman
After nearly 20 years, Christy Beaschler (left) will be leaving the Ada school system as district treasurer when Kim Light becomes treasurer.

The change will occur probably in late May after Kim completes course work for her treasurer's license.

The school budget amounts to $11 million annually. Christy noted that the district saved $1.3 million in 2012 when it refinanced the loan for the new building. Christy will become an assistant professor of accounting at ONU. Kim has been assistant senior manager at Ada Technologies for 18 years.

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Guess I'll mow the lawn

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 10, 2015

Who needs to wait until spring to mow? Paul Lawrence was spotted by a photographer mowing on Wednesday morning, Dec. 9. Better to mow than shovel snow...and the recent string of warm weather days will help the heat bills, too. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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