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Ada HS band concludes competition run at Indianapolis

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, November 23, 2013

Story and photos by Stacy Geedey

The Ada Marching Bulldogs traveled to Indianapolis on Nov. 14 to compete in Grand National Competition. The event, hosted by Bands of America took place at Lucas Oil Field, the home of the Indianapolis Colts. Over 90 bands from all the over the country gathered to compete.

Ada competed Thursday evening and had a great performance. With 16 instrumentalists, six members of the percussion pit/drum line, and six auxiliary color guard members, Ada was one of the smallest bands in the competition. Several of the bands had more members than the entire enrollment of grades 10-12 at Ada High School. 

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18 men's and women's ONU basketball games televised this seaosn

Posted by Eli Garmon on Friday, November 22, 2013

By Tim Glon

Ohio Northern University has partnered with NKTelco, Inc., to televise and web stream live 18 men's and women's basketball games during the 2013-14 season.  The games will be broadcast live on NKTelco, Inc, Channel 3 and WOSN in Lima.

All 11 of ONU's men's home games and seven women's home games will be broadcast live on NKTelco and will be web streamed on NKTelco.net  and ONUSports.com.

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Pastor Jack Duffy tells Ada Kiwanis about the food pantry

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 21, 2013

President Heather Cox called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at noon on Tuesday November 19th at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada.

The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.
Pastor Jack Duffy was welcomed as a guest.

In business:
-Secretary Brian reported that the club’s records have been updated. Anyone needing access to the club records should contact him.

-The satellite club met last week. They discussed/reviewed the regular minutes from last Tuesday and the grant for the board project. They will meet tomorrow at 6 PM at New China.

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Noah Hollon 1932-2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 21, 2013

Noah G. Hollon, age 81, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on November 12, 1932 in Wolfe County, KY to Beckham and Nelis (Rowe) Hollon, and they preceded him in death. On August 4, 1951 he married Anna Belle Hall and she preceded him in death on May 2, 2013.

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Can you name the community being described? (It may surprise you)

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 21, 2013

You know your town pretty well, right?

Allow the Icon to pose this question: “Can you name the community that fits the following description?”

Spoiler warning: There’s an Icon in Bluffton and Ada. This column posted on both Icons today. The answer is at the bottom.

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Art in the making

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 21, 2013

Carlee Marshall, Ada sophomore, creates a ceramic tile in Ceramics II class. The image on the tile is a rhinoceros. Her first tile featured an owl.

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