March 2021

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The Icon invites area congregations to send their special church service information for Holy Week and Easter. 

Send information to: [email protected].

Served on Alger EMS for 18 years

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Arlene U. Hopkins, 90, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 11:47 p.m. at MediLodge of Yale in Yale, Michigan.

She was born in Fulton, New York on July 1, 1930 to the late Howard Leslie and Hilda U. (Mitchell) VanWie.  Arlene married Robert B. Weyer and they divorced.  She then married Paul J. Hopkins and they too divorced. 

Arlene was a 911 Dispatcher for Hardin County retiring in 2003.  She also was a school bus driver for the Upper Scioto Schools, retiring in 1993.  Arlene was a member of the McGuffey Church of Christ. She was a volunteer for the Alger EMS for 18 years.           

Third quarter '20-21, 4th grade to seniors

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Ada schools released its third quarter honor roll for the 2020-21 school year. It follows: 

GRADE 4

ALL A:  TEA GRIFFITH, AUBREY JORDAN, BROOKLYNN MATHEWS, ROBERT SHANKS, LYDIA SHELLHAMMER, ANDY STOCKERT, EMILY THAXTON, PIPER WALLACE AND RYAN WEST

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Here's the 1972 Ada High School boys' cross country team - before girls' cross country and soccer became fall sports.

Coach Fries stands on the left. Names of the team members are under the photo

 

ONU Theatre Arts' 14th International Play Festival

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The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present its 14th International Play Festival titled “Global Climate Action Takes the Stage” from March 26 through March 28 via livestream on freedcenter.com.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 26 and March 27 with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on March 28.

This year’s festival is also incorporating other campus-wide projects and discussions for a more inclusive approach that addresses climate change’s different aspects and responsive work to mitigate it.

Joan Robbins, associate professor of theatre, and James Savage, assistant professors of theatre, are festival co-directors.

He will be on the November general election ballot, running as a Democrat

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Sean Beck has announced he is a candidate for Ada council. He has filed as a Democrat. With no additional Democrats filing, he will be on the ballot in November.

Beck said that his campaign has received an endorsement from the political organization Run For Something.

RFS was launched in January 2017 with a  premise: help young, diverse people to run for down-ballot races in order to build a bench for the future.

Beck says he wants Ada’s government to be more transparent and is excited that his ideas are being recognized on the national stage.

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 Elliott Prater, Jr., 78, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 11:37 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on Jan. 7, 1943, in Amba, (Floyd County) Kentucky, to the late Elliott and Josephine Mae (Tackett) Prater, Sr.  On Oct. 20, 1964, Elliott first married Barbara Lowery, she preceded him in death on Sept. 18, 2019. 

On Dec. 27, 1985, he married the love of his life Wilma (Adkins) Spradlin and she survives in Alger.  

You can watch it on Ada Bulldogs Facebook

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Ada High School will hold its 115th Interclass contest at 7 p.m., Friday, March 19.

Check the Ada Bulldogs Facebook tonight for the link to watch.

Interclass has been an Ada tradition that is unique to the community. It started in 1907 when Superintendent C.H. Freedman proposed an academic competition between the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.  

Interclass celebrates the written and spoken word. Students compete in the areas of essay writing, poetry, short story, and dramatic reading. In each category, one winner has been chosen from each grade after an internal competition within the classes.

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Ada's next American Red Cross blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 22, in the Community Health Professionals Ada Visiting Nurses conference room, 1200 S. Main St.

To schedule an appointment, call Mary Hackworth, blood program leader for Ada community blood drives, at 419-604-8569 or 800-Red Cross.

You may also visit www.RedCrossBlood.org, and use the sponsor code: AdaCommunity.

Persons donating blood may enter to win 1 of 5 Blue Jackets prize packs with autographed team items.

Face coverings are required at this blood donation.

Following search warrant issued at Scioto Village, Kenton

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An investigation into burglaries in Hardin and Allen counties led to the execution of a search warrant by Hardin County Sheriff’s deputies at Scioto Village in Kenton on Thursday, March 18, according to Keith Everhart, Hardin County sheriff.

The warrant, served on two separate apartments, resulted in the recovery of stolen guns, tools and jewelry. Illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia were also seized.

Two males and one female was arrested in connection with the burglaries and incarcerated in the Allen County Jail. One female was arrested on an unrelated warrant and incarcerated at the Multi-County Correctional Center, Marion.

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