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What's for lunch in February in the cafeteria?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Ada schools February lunch and breakfast menus are now online and are on the Icon.

Click here for the menu.

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Susie Downing 1921-2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 31, 2016

Susie H. Downing, 94, died on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 3:10 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.

She was born on Oct. 6, 1921, in Kenton, to Leslie and Cordie (Spradlin) Risner who preceded her in death. On Nov. 29, 1941, she married Clarence E. Downing and he died on March 11, 1963.

Susie was a homemaker and a former medical secretary at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima for many years. She was a member of the County Line Church of the Brethren, rural Ada.

Susie is survived by her two sons: Bud (Eva) Downing of Lima and David Downing of Findlay; five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

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Three area steel bands perform at ONU Feb. 6

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a Steel Band Day concert featuring the Glass City Steel from the Toledo Schools for the Arts, the Clark Montessori Steel Band and The Wild Steel-ions in Presser Hall on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 5 p.m.

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Lots of Dyserts in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 31, 2016

Despite the fact that Ada High School jersy number 12 is officially retired, it still looks as if there are lots of Dyserts in this town. 
 

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Miami gained lots of Ada fans

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, January 30, 2016

Brooke Carter, Greg Dysert, Heather Dysert, Zac Dysert stand with a Miami Dolphins banner during the ceremony that retired Zac's jersey number 12 from Ada High School. The ceremony took place on Jan 30. Miami may have just gained a lot of fans in Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 29, 2016

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.

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