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Spring Fever Follies

It was an evening of lots of music Friday in the Ada School Auditorium as Ada High School Spring Fever Follies took center stage. Here are members of the Ada High School choir performance. More photos of the evening are in the story below. (Bailey Bowers photo). 

Follow the Bulldog track teams at the NWC meet on The Icon

The Northwest Conference track meet takes place Thursday and Saturday, May 15 and 17 at Spencerville High School.

On Thursday, the field events will begin at 4:45 p.m. with running events start at 5 p.m.  Saturday field events start at 10:30 a.m. and running finals at 12:30 p.m.

Results will be posted on Baum's page as soon as possible following the meet events on Thursday and Saturday.

To follow results of the meet, Icon viewers may click here. This link also provides results from previous NWC track meets back to 2007.

A true Ada Icon!

Now you can read the Ada Icon and eat it too! Northern on Main recently renamed its popular cinnamon roll after the Icon. And, yes, it's baked fresh daily. Here's a sign in the NOM lobby, broadcasting Ada's popular cinnamon roll.

Many students recognized at Ada High School senior class honor award ceremony

Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2014 on Sunday, May 25, at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. 

At the Senior Honor Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 14, it was announced that Annabel Pinkney and Matthew Wilcox have earned the honor of Co-Valedictorians, while Sa’ed Al-Olimat was named Salutatorian.

Charla Mankey taught art at USV from 1971 to 2010

Charla Roxanne (Cronk) Mankey, 69, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 9:10 a.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on September 11, 1944 in Danville, Ill., to parents Dr. John and Rosemary (Gunn) Cronk and they preceded her in death. Charla graduated from Superior Central High School in 1962 and graduated in 1966 with a Bachelors Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. In 1972 she married Steven Mankey and he survives in Ada.

Roundhead school alumni event June 8

The 39th Roundhead school alumni gathering is planned for June. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sunday, June 8, in the former VFW Hall in Roundhead.

Persons planning to attend are asked to bring a covered dish and an item for a door prize. Contact Christine Adkins at 937-464-5714 for more information.

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