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Public meeting for concrete streets project set for Nov. 14

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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:  

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A Sommer Cooper creation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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.

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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.

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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.

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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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Carolyn N. Cole was an Ada High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 29, 2012

Carolyn N. Cole, age 78, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2012 at 10:55 a.m. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

She was born on Nov. 21, 1933 in Ada, Ohio to George Lee and Phoeba Pauline (Businger) Rayle and they preceded her in death. She was married to Robert "Bob" Cole for over 61 years and he survives in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Carolyn retired after teaching at Bath Elementary School for 16 years. She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church, Ada. She was also formerly a member of the Ada Quatre Club. Carolyn was a graduate of Ada High School and The Ohio State University.

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