NOTE: We’re a little short of 100, so I’m adding a few more to get us to that magic number.
Somehow, I don’t think this is what they were after:
Noun, informal, US English: a drug dealer, especially one who sells cocaine or crack.
Instead, this mascot celebrates Ashland’s own Henry Ellis
Warren, who invented the first synchronizing timer, in 1916. This handy little
device “made synchronous electric clocks possible by keeping alternating
current flowing from power plants at a consistent sixty cycles per second”
[Wikipedia]. A little obscure, but hey …
Ashland is about halfway between Boston and Worcester. It
was settled in the early 18th Century, and was incorporated in 1845.
Today, it has 19,000 people, and operates mostly as a bedroom community for
Boston. Wikipedia lists 5 “notable people,” none of whom I’ve heard of.
The high school has 880 students. That’s a very diverse
population, with Whites at 60%, Latinos at 20%, and Asians at 14%. The actual
physical plant is pretty new, dating back to 2005.
Note big clock
As for athletics, they appear to have all the standard
sports. In addition, we’ve also got skiing, equestrian, water polo &
mountain biking.
Thankfully, there actually is a real, live, on-field mascot:
By the way, there are a lot
of Ashlands out there. Here’s a special call out to the one in Wisconsin, whose
high school mascot is the equally weird and wonderful Oredockers:
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