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Volleyball advances to semifinals of OAC Tournament after Baldwin Wallace withdraws from all postseason competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Ohio Northern volleyball team has advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament after Baldwin Wallace self reported NCAA violations and withdrew all of its teams from OAC and NCAA postseason competition for the entire academic year on Tuesday.

The No. 3-seeded Polar Bears (24-5 overall) were slated to host the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the OAC Tournament and will now advance to the semifinals Friday night at a home of the highest seeded quarterfinal winner.

A statement from the Ohio Athletic Conference explains the situation:

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Check out the November events on Ada's calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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 

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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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