Jane Helser’s home near the intersection of Buckeye and Grand streets sports more than 30 holiday cutouts. Jane retired from Wilson’s a few years ago after working there for 48 years and sewing more than 1 million footballs. She can draw, saw, sand, and paint pretty good yard decorations, too. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Lee Crouse provided this photo to the Icon. It’s an Ada band from the 1960s called “The Third Dawn.” The group, back...
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LEXINGTON, Va. — The Ohio Northern wrestling program wrapped up their 2018 slate with three dual victories Monday, December 17, rolling past McDaniel (Md.), Averett (Va.), and Southern Virginia at the annual Washington & Lee (Va.) Duals in Lexington, Va.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Van Buren used three big runs to defeat Ada 65-26 in a non-conference girls basketball game Monday evening.
The Bulldogs fell to 1-6 overall with the loss, while the Lady Black Knights improved to 5-4 following the win.
VB raced to a 10-0 lead and later authored runs of 18-2 and 16-0 en route to posting the victory.
"They killed us on the boards," said first-year Ada head coach Morgan Bass. "We struggled to get shot opportunities. But I was proud of our effort."
By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada swim team competed in a double dual meet at Van Wert this past Thursday.
The purple and gold females defeated Elida 49-41 to post the Ada win on the evening.
The Ada boys lost to Elida, 64-28.
The VW girls beat the Lady Bulldogs 58-36, and the Ada boys fell to the Cougars by a 52-37 count.
Ada junior Klava Katayama won the 400 freestyle race, and also took first in the 100 butterfly. Junior Sidney Gossard and sophomore Paige Cole also posted first-place individual wins.
By Cort Reynolds
CRIDERSVILLE - Host Perry started fast and ran past former NWC foe Ada 68-39 in non-conference boys basketball action Saturday night at Cridersville.
The Bulldogs fell to 0-6 with the defeat, while the Commodores improved to 5-1 with the victory.
The Commodores raced to a 26-13 lead after the first quarter, and Ada inched to within 32-20 at intermission. But Perry pulled away for good on the strength of a 23-9 third quarter.
Ada Police Clerk's Office Combining with Ada Village Clerk's Office Effective Monday, December 24, 2018
State Representative-elect Jon Cross has announced that Cort Everhart will be his legislative aide. Everhart graduated from Ada High School and Ohio Northern. Cross said, “Cort knows the district well and will be of great assistance in helping me serve the people of the 83rd district.”
B8 A HOOK was spotted on a blue Nissan on the ONU campus. Sounds to us like the driver likes to fish.
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