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15 minutes with Brittney: Maybe she'll be a vet in Ada some day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The weather and school cancellations kept The Icon from talking with Ada High School students in January. We were finally able to get back on track this week. We caught up with Brittney Archer recently in study hall. Here’s part of our conversation.

You are a senior this year at Ada High School. What is your school schedule?
Brittney: Communication, Sociology, Calculus, then two study halls in row, English College Prep, Physics and Anatomy.

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Third graders catch a falling snowflake

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Ada third graders recently created drawings showing how to catch falling snow. It's simply. Just go outside and open your mouth.

These photos are in the Ada elementary office. Click on the photos below for more artistic snow experiences.

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Charles Van Dyne tells Kiwanis members about trip to Keys

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 11, 2014

President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon on Tuesday February 11th in McIntosh Center, ONU.
The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.
The member birthday of Peter Previte (February 17th) was noted.
The membership anniversaries of Tom Kier (February 16th), 1999) and Manda Bennett (February 19, 2013) were noted.
Bryan Marshall congratulated Bob McCurdy on his hard work on the church re-building committee.

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Here's a report from the Ada Kiwanis Club

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 5, 2014

President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12:00 noon on Tuesday February 4th at the New China Restaurant, downtown Ada.
Jon Umphress offered the invocation.

The following membership anniversaries were noted: Scott Wills and Joe Ferguson (January 28, 2004); Marilyn Green (February 1, 1993); and and Peter Previte (February 1, 2011).

Dr. Brian Myers was acknowledged for recently co-authoring a paper titled “A two-step, single pot procedure for the synthesis of substituted dihydropyrazolo-pyrimidines”. He was not asked to spell the word.

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Gail Peterson finds a new way to welcome children and adults into the world of books

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 27, 2014

By Darlene Bowers

After touring the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay with a women’s group, Gail Peterson of Ada recalls thinking of her love of children’s books, utilizing them over the years in her speech therapy work and often sharing her favorites as gifts.

Gail loved and was in awe of the artwork she saw at Mazza whose website touts the collection at over 8,000 original illustrations.  A friend of Gail’s was a museum docent (leader of guided tours), and Gail quickly volunteered to begin docent training herself as she was planning to retire from the Hardin County Educational Service Center after a lifelong career of speech therapy work.

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Russell Ludwig nominated for board of elections term

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, January 25, 2014

Russell W. Ludwig was unanimously nominated for another term on the Hardin County Board of Elections by the Hardin County Democrat Executive Committee members at their January meeting at Henry's Restaurant.

Ludwig's name was submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State for his appointment to the term beginning March 1, and ending on Feb. 28, 2017.

The committees endorsed State Representative Ted Letson for Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. All statewide candidates have now been endorsed by the Hardin County Democratic Central and Executive Committees.

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