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Ada school geographic bee put on hold for now

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Winter weather is playing havoc with lots of last-week-of-school programs. One of those events put on hold is the Ada School Geography Bee.

According to Suzanne Hardesty, gifted coordinator/intervention specialist for Ada Schools, the Bee was planned for Dec. 17, but, it was postponed.

Hardesty said, "The National Geographic Society sponsors this bee. Ada's winner takes a timed paper-pencil test and the winners of that test continue to the Ohio Geography Bee. 

Medals go to the first, second, and third place studnets and are sponsored by Ada Academic Boosters. 

The grade-level champions and alternates who have qualified for the event follow:

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60 years ago this was the Ada village council

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 17, 2013

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

Here's the Ada village council in 1953.

Seated from left, Carl Sanderson, W.E. Binkley (mayor), W.C. Arbogast, Austin Gant, Robert T. Main.

Standing from left, J.L. Runser, Hale Messenger, Willis Winkler, clerk.

Photo from 1953 Ada Centennial book. Provided to The Icon by Jon Umphress.j

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As promised - photos of Heath Jackson in the MAC title game

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 16, 2013

Where are you going to be on Dec. 26? 

Heath Jackson and a host of BGSU football fans will be in Detroit at the Motor City Bowl watching the Falcons face Pitt.

CLICK HERE FOR A GAME SUMMARY OF BG VS. NIU.

To get to the Motor City Bowl, BGSU needed to pass a major hurdle - stop the number 14 team in the nation - Northern Illinois. The Falcons did so, and here's some photo highlights of the game played last week.

Donald Traxler took the photos and will follow the Falcons to Detroit.

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John Nelson 1944-2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 16, 2013

John R. Nelson, 69, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at 12:15 a.m. at his residence in Lima, Ohio.

He was born on Aug. 16, 1944, in Lima, Ohio, to Ralph and Freda (Curl) Nelson and they preceded him in death. He had been married to Sally Doda of Holgate. He then married Linda Sousley Roberts on Oct. 24, 2003, and she survives in Lima.

Heworked at Long's Marathon in Ada while in high school. After graduation he worked at Peerless Gas in Dunkirk and also at Lima Baldwin Hamilton. He then began his career in communications at United Telephone Service out of Lima. He retired in 2006 from Alltel Wireless in Maumee. He served in the Army National Guard from 1967-1973.

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Feels like Christmas

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 16, 2013

Here's a look at the display case in the Ada Public Library.

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Skyelar Raiti’s Opus

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 16, 2013

By Darlene Bowers
Photos by Bailey Bowers

It’s Sunday in Ada, Ohio. The typical church scene unfolds with gathering people and a sense of waiting for the Christmas celebrations to begin, waiting a bit longer for the adornments of poinsettias and candelabra, waiting for the greens and nativity set, and waiting for all the special touches that come once a year.

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