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Weekend Doctor: The virus or the shot?

By William Kose, MD, JD, Blanchard Valley Health System
Posted by Paula Scott on Saturday, December 18, 2021

When it comes to COVID-19 immunity, one of the issues people consider is whether to get a vaccine or acquire natural immunity through having an active COVID-19 infection. That means getting the virus rather than the vaccine shot.

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Ada girls muted by Pirate defense

By Cort Reynolds
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 17, 2021

On their home court, the Ada girls basketball team suffered through a long cold spell against local rival Bluffton and lost 42-22 in Northwest Conference play on Thursday, December 16.

The Lady Bulldogs scored the game's first basket, then went over 18 minutes without another field goal.

The Ada girls fell to 2-7 and 0-3 in NWC action with the defeat. The Lady Pirates improved to 5-3 and 1-1 in the NWC with the victory.

"We can't score," said Lady Bulldog head coach Morgan Bass. "If we could score it's a different scenario. When things aren't going our way, we crumble."

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Thaxton thanked, Closson hired at Ada Schools meeting

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 17, 2021

At the December 16 Board of Education meeting, the Ada Schools accepted the resignation of elementary principal Ben Thaxton and hired Tim Closson as an interim replacement beginning after the holidays.

Thaxton has accepted the position of Executive Director at the Northwest Ohio Area Computer Services Cooperative (NOACSC). He thanked the board for allowing him to end his contract and noted that he will “always be a Bulldog.”

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Downtown at dusk

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 17, 2021

The Icon recommends dusk as the best time to enjoy the lights of downtown Ada. On December 16, a glorious sunset and moonlight added to the scene.

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What is a Twindemic?

By Karen Kier, pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 17, 2021

A New York Times reporter in August of 2020 coined the term twindemic to describe the concern for an increase in both flu (influenza) and COVID-19 during the winter months of 2020.  The good news is that a twindemic never occurred in 2020 but the word stuck. Twindemic is a portmanteau word. A portmanteau is when words are blended together to form a new meaning. The words are not combined together like starfish but rather are a mash of words. The word smog is a portmanteau mash up of smoke and fog that has become part of our vernacular.

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New properties listed by Century 21 Sunway Realty

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, December 16, 2021

Check out the new display ads from Century 21 Sunway Realty on the Icon's displays ads page, including:

0947 County Road 60, Ada,

23444 Township Road 65, Forest

4619 Thayer Rd., Lima

105 W. South St., McGuffey

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