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Harold Barker celebrates 90th birthday Nov. 11

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 4, 2019

Long-time Ada resident Harold Barker celebrates his 90th birthday on Monday, Nov. 11. His daughter, Linda Meyer, invites Icon viewers to participate in a card shower for him. Send cards to: Harold Barker, 3108 Klingler Road, Ada, OH 45810.

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15 minutes with Theo Hardesty

Talking about the Arctic Wolves sled team, amateur auto racing, Boy Scouts, that 2003 Mazda he drives and lots more
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 3, 2019

Theo Hardesty is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada High School student of the month. The Icon took that opportunity to have the following 15-minute interview with him.

What’s your school schedule this semester?
Theo: Communications, Economics, Physics, Intro to Literature, Statistics, Conspiracy Theory, study hall and band. I take statistics for pharmacy at ONU. Next term I’ll take Introduction to Film in place of Intro to Lit.

What instrument do you play?
Theo: Trumpet. I tried percussion and clarinet, but really found the trumpet to be my instrument.

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Ada is full of famous people - part 2

Just look at our Halloween photos...pirates, super heroes, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Scarlet from Gone with the Wind
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 31, 2019

DON'T MISS THE PARADE
VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM!

ADA'S FAMOUS PEOPLE - PART 2 - It was a captive audience of young and long-time Ada residents, all dressed up for a party.

Click here for Part 1 with lots more photos.

Behind the police station, of all places. Of course, that only means it's the line up for the annual Ada Kiwanis Club Halloween parade.

The Icon loves captive moments like this one. We meet lots of interesting folk. There were lots of movie characters, who you will see below.

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Ada is full of famous people, but you already knew that

Just look at our Halloween photos...there's a unicorn, a Blues Brother, the entire Addams family, plus Bat Girl
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 30, 2019

It was a captive audience of young and long-time Ada residents, all dressed up for a party.

Behind the police station, of all places. Of course, that only means it's the line up for the annual Ada Kiwanis Club Halloween parade.

The Icon loves captive moments like this one. We meet lots of interesting folk. There was a unicorn, one of the Blues Brothers, the entire Addams family and Bat Girl.

Can you believe that there were even two Cousin Its? We photographed one and it asked: "Should I smile?" (Think about it.)

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They came pretty, scary and original

172 Halloweeners and 7 pets in the Ada Kiwanis parade and contest
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 29, 2019

ALL WINNER PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY!
One-hundred seventy-two Halloweeners and seven pets were pretty, scary and original in this year's Ada Kiwanis Halloween parade. Here's the official list of winners and many of the winning photographs.

Preschool and Kindergarten, 39 Participants
• Prettiest: 1st Juliette Simon; 2nd Neriah Johnson; 3rd Kyleigh Nau; 4th Lily Raines
• Scariest: 1st Corbin Klingler; 2nd Kaden Sumney; 3rd Lincoln Simon; 4th J’ayanna Johnson
• Most Original; 1st Jaxon Whitted; 2nd William Davis; 3rd Lukeus Kitelinger; 4th Abby Stinehelfer

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Here's the first Ada school honor roll of 2019-20

Someone you know is on this list
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Here is the 2019-20 first quarter honor roll for Ada schools. 

4THGRADE 

ALL A:  Avary Acheson, Maeby Alger, Nathan Jochims, Daniel Klear, Aliyah Kober, Zaiden Lawrence, Chimdalu Onyekelu, Bryce Purdy, Emily Shanks, Rhett Ulrey and Ashley Williams 

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