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Check out the November events on Ada's calendar

Several events are planned in early November in Ada, according to the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce. Here's a capsule of those events:

Fall Festival Nov. 3

Fall Festival of Crafts at Community Health Professionals. Local crafters will sell their creations to help Ada residents with holiday decorations and gifts. A soup bar will be available featuring:

• Homemade ham and beans 
• Cornbread  
• Fresh vegetable soup  
• Homemade bread  
• Cookies and drinks.

Town and Gown Nov. 5 

Public meeting for concrete streets project set for Nov. 14

The Ada village council will host a public meeting on Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Ada Community Health Professionals Building.

The agenda for this meeting will be two-fold. The meeting will open with a brief update on the ongoing Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Project, which is currently in the design stage.

Once comments and discussion have closed on the WWTP Project, the agenda will turn to the Concrete Streets Reconstruction Project. Streets included in the project are:  

A Sommer Cooper creation

Sommer Cooper, a Culinary Arts senior from Ada High School,who attends Apollo Career Center, will be on WLIO Noon Edition, Wednesday Oct. 31. She will be conduct a cooking demonstration and will create Jack-O-Lantern Stuffed Peppers just in time for  Halloween. Watch for the recipe on apollocareercenter.com.

Next Christmas sign-up is Nov. 5 at Ada Presbyterian

Christmas sign-ups this year will be held Tuesday, Oct 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. and  Saturday, Nov 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ada Presbyterian Church.This sign-up is open to any family who resides in the Ada school district and could use some help with Christmas gifts or food.

Please contact Sherry Agin at 419-634-9650 with questions.

Icon switches to college-pro football weekly contest starting this week

With the high school regular football season over, The Icon switches its weekly football contest to 10 college games and five pro games. The first contest will be posted later today.

The weekly contest will always have a noon, Saturday, entry deadline. Viewers may enter as often as they wish, but must enter under someone else's name for the second or third entry.
The entry location is the same as the high school contest - at the bottom of the home page.

Duane Bollenbacher was the overall winner of the 10-week high school contest. The college-pro contest will start with a clean the slate, so the overall winner of this new contest is up in the air.

Todd Fleharty wins week 10; Duane Bollenbacher overall winner; watch for college-NFL contest starting this week

It was close, but Duane Bollenbacher survived as the cumulative winner of the 2012 Icon 10-week high school-college football contest. He accumulated 122 points (81% winning percentage) over the course of the season. 

Other contestants:

120 points - David Glick and Todd Fleharty.

118 points - Barry Schneck and Mark Delisle.

116 points - Becky Warren.

113 points - Dave Moser.

112 points - John Clevidence and Nancy Armour.

111 points - Tom Clark.

109 points - Mike Burris and Randy Stewart.

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