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The Bluffton and Ada Icons will post a 2021 national championship college football contest on Tuesday. There will be one Bluffton Icon winner and one Ada Icon winner.

Dr. Mark Shull died on Jan. 2 • He opened his dental practice in Ada in 1962, retiring in 2018

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Dr. Mark Shull, DDS, 88, who practiced dentistry for 56 years in Ada, died on Jan. 2, 2021. 

The community recognized him in 2002, naming him Ada’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year. And, for over 55 years he was a member of the Ada Kiwanis Club.

Dr. Shull graduated from Capital University, the OSU Dental School, and served four and one-half years in the Army Dental Corps before opening his office in Ada in 1962.

Click here for his obituary. Several photos of Dr. Shull are at the bottom of this story.

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Mark B. Shull, DDS, 88, was called home to heaven on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, while he was at Otterbein Skilled Nursing in Cridersville, Ohio. 

Mark lived in Ada, Ohio for 56 years. He was born on Oct. 31, 1932, in Hicksville, Ohio, to the late Mark Benner and Ruth R. (Hurni) Shull.  His stepfather, George Hart, also precedes him in death.  On Aug. 28, 1955 Mark married Julia J. Fritz and she preceded him in death on Dec. 26, 2016.

Mark was a dentist in Ada, as well as a dentist in the United States Army.  He was a member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lima and the Ada Kiwanis Club. 

The sacred legacy of the Hillermans

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Review by Robert McCool
Hozo is the peace that a balanced life brings. Ever since 1970's Tony Hillerman's “The Blessing Way,” and all along the way through 18 books in his series until 2016's “The Shape Shifter,” hozo is what his main characters strive toward as they seek to solve the mysterious happenings in the sacred home of the Navajo people.

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Here are last week's Icon poll results. Click here to take this week's poll concerning stimulus checks.

Icon welcomes Lauren Canday as our newest reviewer

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Reviewed by Lauren Canaday
Meet the author at the bottom of this review -
What do you get when you combine themes of philosophy, morality, socioeconomics, the after-life, the human soul, and... fart jokes? 

You get the television series The Good Place! 

The series has a stunning 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (with seasons two and four both at 100%), and takes viewers from laughing to crying to laughing again amid plot twists that would usually leave you biting your nails in anticipation of the next season. 

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