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Women's soccer receives votes in sixth weekly D3soccer.com poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

By Zaji Lieberman

D3soccer.com

The Ohio Northern women's soccer team receives votes in the sixth weekly D3soccer.com poll.

Ohio Northern received 2 votes and was ranked No. 20 in last week's poll.

Emory (Ga.) is ranked No. 1, Trinity (Tex.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.

Last week, Northern fell at Capital 2-1 and at Baldwin-Wallace 1-0.

ONU has now been nationally ranked in each of the last two seasons and were ranked as high as No. 19 this season.

The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday with a 4 pm match against Otterbein at the ONU Soccer Field.

D3soccer.com Women's Poll - #6
Oct. 9, 2012

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Newest Icon feature: ONU chaplain's blog "All Shall Be Well

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Ada Icon introduces a new feature this month. The Icon now posts the blog written by David MacDonald, Ohio Northern University chaplain.

MacDonald’s blog, titled “All Shall Be Well,” is described by the author as “musings of a college chaplain on life, faith and other deep stuff.”

His most recent blog posted on Sept. 28 is titled “We Didn’t Know We Were Poor…” Thoughts on Poverty and What We Can do.

MacDonald’s blogs are accessible at the bottom of the Ada Icon homepage. Or, to view the current block click here: www.shallbewell.wordpress.com.

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Ada resident helps in FamilySearch.org; family history seminar coming Oct. 13

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

More than 132 million names from the 1940 United State Census are now searchable on the Internet. According to Annette Pimentel of Ada, director of the Family History Center, this new information is very informative for persons looking into their own family history.

She said that a free family history seminar will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, at 1195 Brower Road, Lima, for Icon viewers interested in more information.

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98 years old and it's almost forgotten

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Okay, let's see how much you know about Ada. Can you identify the location of this photo. Here's a couple hints: You need to look up, downtown. For the answer check out The Iconclast View on the bottom of the home page, or click here.

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Today's test: "How much do you know about Ada?"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Here's a little test called "How much do you know about Ada?" Can you identify the location of this Ada "icon"?

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

The answer is in the accompanying photo below. (HInt: Stand near the Ada railroad depot and look across the tracks.)

As we read the verbage on the sign it states: THE STORER BROS. CO. 1914.

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Ada remains in 3rd spot in Region 24 of weekly football rankings

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its weekly football computer ratings Tuesday, Oct. 9. The weekly computer ratings are released every Tuesday afternoon beginning after the fourth week of the season, leading up to the final report released on Sunday, Oct. 28. The top eight teams in each region will qualify for the regional quarterfinals.

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