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Ada band travels the Buckeye State - two competitions in one day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2013

The Ada High School Marching Band traveled to central Ohio to compete in two separate competitions on Saturday. 

The band departed Ada early Saturday morning and traveled to Carroll to compete in the Bloom-Carroll High School BC Classic. Despite cold, windy conditions, the band placed third and received an overall rating of Excellent. In addition, the Color Guard and Percussion earned top honors in Class C.

Following the awards ceremonies at Bloom-Carroll, the band loaded their instruments and equipment and traveled to Dresden to compete in the Tri-Valley Band Classic, hosted by Tr-Valley High School. 

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Jalapeno's chicken tortilla voted Buy Ada First soup-off winner

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2013

Over 125 Halloween party-goers enjoyed the best soup in Ada on Monday during the first-ever Buy Ada First soup cookoff.

Jalapenos were voted the favorite of four soups, in a close voting, Jalapeno's winning entry was chicken tortilla soup. Other soup competitors were chili soup from Ada Express Mart, Italian wedding soup from Little Mexico and curried squash soup from Sodexo.

Kaleigh Heitmeyer was the winner of the Pumpkins on Main hunt. Her entry was chosen from all the participants in the contest. She won a gift basket of prizes.

The word or number answers to the pumpkin hunt follow:

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Who was the masked man?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2013

Ada youngsters had a dry run for Halloween on Monday. The Kiwanis Club Halloween parade brought out funny, scary and everything inbetween. Watch for the list of winners coming to The Icon. Trick-or-treat night in Ada is Thursday. Click for a parade video.

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What to do with a pumpkin

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

Students at Ready, Set Grow Preschool work over a pumpkin with various play tools as Halloween gets closer.

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Monday night in downtown Ada: Halloween parade, soup-off, pumpkin hunt

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Ada Kiwanis Halloween parade is Monday. And there's lots more Halloween-related events downtown. Here's what's happening, when: 

Parade registration takes place behind the Municipal Building on Buckeye Street. Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. and the parade at 6 p.m.

Costume categories are:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

Costume judging by age groups follow:
• Preschool and kindergarten
• First and second grades
• Third and fourth grades
• Fifth and sixth grades
• Groups – any age and pets
• Adults (most original only)
• Ada band

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Seth Burkholder wins Icon football contest Week 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 27, 2013

The winner of Week 9 of the Icon Football Contest is Seth Burkholder. Seth and Nancy Armour correctly picked 13 games this week.  Neither picked the correct point spread in either tie-breaker (though Seth was closest) and Seth submit his entry first. 

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