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Barry Schneck wins final Icon football contest of season

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The winner of Week 10 of The Icon football contest is Barry Schneck.  He correctly picked 14 games this week.
Other contestants:
13 correct - David Glick and Seth Burkholder.
12 correct - Chris Boisvert, Denny Edinger, Luke Amstutz, Mark Delisle, Megan Morris and Todd Fleharty.
11 correct - Adelyn Althaus, Ben Reineke, Bill Edwards, Brandon Huber, Jerry Cupples, John Clevidence and Tater Hooker.
10 correct - Brandon Schaadt, John Schmutz, Mark Sommers, Nancy Armour, Nathan Davis, Randy Garmatter and Tom Clark.

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Colton Hall, Ada senior - being homecoming king was 'pretty much the highlight of my life'

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 5, 2013

15 minutes with Colton Hall, Ada High School senior
(Note: This interview took place during a study hall in the media center conference room. Also in attendance were Torch, Redman, Waldo and Bird.)

What classes are you taking this year?
Psychology, English 12, Communications, Integrative 4 (math), I have two study halls and work release. In that program I work at Community Market.

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Agnes Crates waited 100 years - now she's Ada's citizen of the year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 4, 2013

Agnes Crates, life-long Ada resident, thought she was going to present the invocation at Monday’s Town and Gown Banquet.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

She did deliver it, but unknown to her, the community had bigger plans. Mrs. Crates was bestowed the honor of 2013 Ada citizen of year during the banquet.

She joins an impressive list of Ada residents who have received this honor over the past 48 years.

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Who am I? Well, for starters, I'm an Ada HS grad

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 31, 2013

By Alisa Ambrecht
Who Am I? Here's another Ada resident who you know, but have to put all the pieces together to figure out his identity. Here's some clues. Watch for the answer later this week.

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Let's take a walk through the Halloween contestants

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How about one last look at this year's Ada Kiwanis Club Halloween parade. Here's a video that the Icon posted today. It's a walk-through of the Halloween contest judging area. Are you in this video?

CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO.

Who is the scariest, most original, cutiest...you know...Halloweener in Ada this week? Well, according to the Ada Kiwanis Club, here's the results from juding from Monday night's Kiwanis Halloween parade.

The club said that 110 children and two adults participated in this year's contest.

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Ada band travels the Buckeye State - two competitions in one day

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2013

The Ada High School Marching Band traveled to central Ohio to compete in two separate competitions on Saturday. 

The band departed Ada early Saturday morning and traveled to Carroll to compete in the Bloom-Carroll High School BC Classic. Despite cold, windy conditions, the band placed third and received an overall rating of Excellent. In addition, the Color Guard and Percussion earned top honors in Class C.

Following the awards ceremonies at Bloom-Carroll, the band loaded their instruments and equipment and traveled to Dresden to compete in the Tri-Valley Band Classic, hosted by Tr-Valley High School. 

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