Ada's latest news

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Football has returned to Ada. Members of the Ohio Northern University football squad have started to practice. Here's an action shot from Friday.

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"The Heat" (R) and "Despicable Me 2"(PG) will be showing until Aug. 20 at the Ada Theatre.

"Despicable Me 2" will show each evening at 7 p.m.  Matinees will be Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.

"The Heat" will show each evening at 9 p.m.

All shows $4 with the exception of the 4 p.m. matinee shown in 3D.  3D shows are $6.

 

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Where did the summer go?

Didn’t we just celebrate the last day of school for 2012-13, the opening of the swimming pool, summer vacation, and all that goes with it?

For students, teachers and staff of Ada Exempted Village Schools, summer ends Sunday. The first day of the 2013-14 school year is Monday.

Here’s some information for those last-minute planners.

•Click here for the August school menu.

•Click here for the elementary school supply list.

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It's not track and field season yet, but the track is ready at the Ada stadium. A new track was installed this summer. Here's a look at it from the grandstand.

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Friday afternoon a Bluffton Icon viewer notified The Icon that a fox was shot by Bluffton police between Tom Fett Road and the Maple Grove Cemetery earlier today. This location is on Columbus Grove Road, directly on the west side of Bluffton

CLICK HERE FOR PREVIOUSLY-POSTED STORIES.

Upon contacting Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, Skilliter told The Icon: “I can confirm one animal determined to be an ill fox was destroyed and buried by village crews earlier today.”

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MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM

More photos of the mystery beast are coming to The Icon's attention. (Click here to read previous posts.)

These were taken on Sept. 12, 2012, a couple miles south of Jenera, on Township Road 29.

"Amy R" took the photos and says: "It looked sick, but not as sick as the one in the current photo you have. One of the photos looks very similar to the photo previously posted on The Icon, with a little more hair is all.

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