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What's next for Dysert?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Ada's Zac Dysert quarterbacked the North squad in Saturday's North-South Senior Bowl football game in Mobile, Ala. (Photo by David Mercer USA Today Sports)

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What next for Ada's Zac Dysert?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Wasn't it just a few football seasons ago that Zac Dysert was tossing the ball in a purple Ada HS bulldog uniform on War Memorial Field?

On Jan. 26, the Ada standout quarterbacked the North squad at the North-South Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

Although the North team lost, Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com took note of Dysert's pocket presence, saying tht he works better in chaos rather than on simple drop back plays.

For the complete story on Jeremiah's comments, click here.

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Ada's future scientists probe questions - seek answers

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 27, 2013

20 STUDENT PHOTOS IN THIS FEATURE!

• Are more people left or right dominate?
• Are fingerprints hereditary?
• What is the quickest way to cool a soda?
• How fast can a solar powered car go?

Ada eighth grade science students probed these and other questions this year and presented their findings at the Jan. 24 sciene fair at Ada school. Following an afternoon of judging this year's exhibits went on public display.

According to Bill Faine, Ada junior high science teacher, between 68 and 72 projects were judged. Superiors advance to the district science fair at Ohio Northern University in March.

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A day for science

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Keith Gudakunst, Ada High School science teacher, examines one of the major eighth grade science projects, which were judged and later on display at the school on Jan. 24. Click here for a photo sampling of this year's projects.

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Grin and bear it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 25, 2013

By any stretch of the imagination, could the owner of this license plate be in some way connected to Ohio Northern University? That's our guess. The Icon spotted this plate one afternoon while roaming Ada. We welcome a comment on who owns the plate.

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An interesting story about an interesting old Ada snapshot

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 25, 2013

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There's a story behind every black and white snapshot, and this photo tells an interesting Ada story. Virginia (Snare) Long, former Ada resident, now of Fostoria, shared this photo and the story behind it to The Icon.

Here's the story in Virginia's words:

"This is a picture of the Liberty Bank in Ada, taken in the late 1940s. In the front window you can see the bank vault. That was where all the money was kept. It was opened each morning and closed at the end of the day. This was the job of the cashier, at that time, Rodney Hover.

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