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Meet the Icon dog of the week- Titan

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, October 23, 2017

Meet Titan. Titan is a 3 year old neutered male shepherd/husky mix, He weighs 44 pounds. Can you give Titan his forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.

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The Music Man is quite a treat

Alan Seibert woos his Vancrest audience
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 18, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Alan Seibert knows how to woo a crowd. Known as The Music Man, he had the residents of Ada Vancrest singing and clapping along to his guitar playing on Tuesday afternoon.

A large group of the residents was on hand to enjoy his performance. He also plays piano, harmonica, and drums, but the Ada senior citizens seem to like his singing and guitar playing, so that's what he sticks to when he is in Ada. Because of his popularity, he is invited to the retirement facility every two months to entertain.

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USV wins this friendly food fight

Final score: USV $4,383, Ada $3,540
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 17, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
USV beat Ada in total sales in a three-hour contest during McTeachers Night at Ada McDonald's. USV sales were $4,383 while Ada's totaled $3,540.

Early in the evening, it looked like Ada would win hands down since customers were lined up out the door and onto the front sidewalk when the clock struck 5 o'clock. But USV held their own and blew Ada out of the water.

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -

The schools vied for highest sales from 5-8 p.m. on back-to-back Mondays. In any case, both school systems won. Ada will receive $1,700. The total for USV has not been determined yet.

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Ada student art on display at Vancrest

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Three Ada high school students have art work on display at Ada Vancrest this month.

Painting by Lyric Jones, senio

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Ninth graders act out book

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Ada ninth graders act out the characters in a book during Mr. David Ames' English Language Arts class.

From left: Leona Dalton, Aleece Al-Olimat, and Gracie Allison take on the characters in the book "The Devil in the White City," which is about the 1893 Worlds Fair.

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Ada band members continue to win at chess

This time at Buckeye Invitation in Ohio Stadium
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 16, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School Marching Band and Color Guard earned a superior rating and first place in class C Saturday at the Buckeye Invitational at Ohio Stadium.

This was the third competition of the season and the third time the Bulldogs earned first place.
 
In addition the group earned honors for best color guard, best general effect, best marching, and best visual effect in class C.

The competition was sponsored by the Ohio Music Education Association and hosted by the OSU marching band.

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