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Dr. Mark Shull was an Ada dentist for over 50 years

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 4, 2021

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. 

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Icon book review: A life in hozo

The sacred legacy of the Hillermans
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 4, 2021

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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Last week's Icon poll results

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 3, 2021

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

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Icon TV review: The Good Place is more-than-good TV

Icon welcomes Lauren Canday as our newest reviewer
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 3, 2021

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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Here's January's Ada school menu

Bosco cheese sticks greet students on Monday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 3, 2021

Bosco cheese sticks will greet Ada students for lunch on Monday. The January school menu is now posted.

Just as a reminded it’s:
Kindergarten to third grade: Monday to Friday
A – L fourth grade through 12th grade Monday and Tuesday
M – Z fourth grade through 12th grade Thursday and Friday

Click here for the January school menu.

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Ada schools will reopen Jan. 4 using December's model

Will communicate mid-to-late week of Jan. 13-15 about the plan going forward
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 3, 2021

Here's a reminder from Ada schools on how school will operate starting with the new year. This is part of a message posted on the school website on Dec. 18.

Ada students will to return on Monday, Jan. 4, on the same hybrid model we have been using for the last two weeks. 

We plan to operate on that plan for two weeks. There is some concern that holiday gatherings could cause a surge in cases. This plan will allow us to continue to distance students from one another to minimize spread and large numbers of quarantines, should we have cases arise. 

We should have an idea if there is a surge within about 10 days after the holidays (the last being New Year's).

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