October 2012

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The Ohio Northern volleyball team has advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament after Baldwin Wallace self reported NCAA violations and withdrew all of its teams from OAC and NCAA postseason competition for the entire academic year on Tuesday.

The No. 3-seeded Polar Bears (24-5 overall) were slated to host the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the OAC Tournament and will now advance to the semifinals Friday night at a home of the highest seeded quarterfinal winner.

A statement from the Ohio Athletic Conference explains the situation:

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Several events are planned in early November in Ada, according to the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce. Here's a capsule of those events:

Fall Festival Nov. 3

Fall Festival of Crafts at Community Health Professionals. Local crafters will sell their creations to help Ada residents with holiday decorations and gifts. A soup bar will be available featuring:

• Homemade ham and beans 
• Cornbread  
• Fresh vegetable soup  
• Homemade bread  
• Cookies and drinks.

Town and Gown Nov. 5 

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The Ada village council will host a public meeting on Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Ada Community Health Professionals Building.

The agenda for this meeting will be two-fold. The meeting will open with a brief update on the ongoing Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Project, which is currently in the design stage.

Once comments and discussion have closed on the WWTP Project, the agenda will turn to the Concrete Streets Reconstruction Project. Streets included in the project are:  

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Christmas sign-ups this year will be held Tuesday, Oct 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. and  Saturday, Nov 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ada Presbyterian Church.This sign-up is open to any family who resides in the Ada school district and could use some help with Christmas gifts or food.

Please contact Sherry Agin at 419-634-9650 with questions.

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With the high school regular football season over, The Icon switches its weekly football contest to 10 college games and five pro games. The first contest will be posted later today.

The weekly contest will always have a noon, Saturday, entry deadline. Viewers may enter as often as they wish, but must enter under someone else's name for the second or third entry.
The entry location is the same as the high school contest - at the bottom of the home page.

Duane Bollenbacher was the overall winner of the 10-week high school contest. The college-pro contest will start with a clean the slate, so the overall winner of this new contest is up in the air.

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It was close, but Duane Bollenbacher survived as the cumulative winner of the 2012 Icon 10-week high school-college football contest. He accumulated 122 points (81% winning percentage) over the course of the season. 

Other contestants:

120 points - David Glick and Todd Fleharty.

118 points - Barry Schneck and Mark Delisle.

116 points - Becky Warren.

113 points - Dave Moser.

112 points - John Clevidence and Nancy Armour.

111 points - Tom Clark.

109 points - Mike Burris and Randy Stewart.

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Carolyn N. Cole, age 78, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2012 at 10:55 a.m. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

She was born on Nov. 21, 1933 in Ada, Ohio to George Lee and Phoeba Pauline (Businger) Rayle and they preceded her in death. She was married to Robert "Bob" Cole for over 61 years and he survives in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Carolyn retired after teaching at Bath Elementary School for 16 years. She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church, Ada. She was also formerly a member of the Ada Quatre Club. Carolyn was a graduate of Ada High School and The Ohio State University.

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By Fred Steiner
Want to hear a good Ada Halloween story? Here’s one. And it’s true.

Most of us have forgotten that the bend in the road on State Route 235 north of Ada was originally laid out as a 90-degree angle. If you head north, you can see a remnant of that angle - but look closely.

Most of us have also forgotten that the 90-degree angle once had a name: Dead Man’s Jog. I know how the name came to be. My grandfather told me. He told me the story over a half century ago. It was a story that took place, well, I’ll put it this way - several generations ago.

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Here's a message from the Ada Academic Boosters: Want to win an iPad for Christmas? If you are an Ada sixth grader through senior, you are in luck.

 For every 10 boxtops for Education or Campbell Point of Education labels that you bring to the school, you will receive one chance at winning the grand prize of an iPad. So, start collecting labels.

The final day to enter is Dec. 1. The winner will be drawn on the live video feed during morning announcements. Bring box tops to your English teacher’s classroom. Put 10 labels in a plastic baggie with your name and drop it off to your English teacher. 

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Ada Schools presents the first quarter Honor Roll for the 2012-2013 school year:

ALL "A" HONOR ROLL
GRADE 12: Bailey Bowers, Jaden Castle, Josie Corwin, Ian Crabtree, Alexandria Johansen, Erica Kier, Levi Klingler, Zoe Laird, Madeleine Lomax Vogt, Jonathen Robey, Morgan Rouch, Michael Savino, McKenzie Shaw, Katelyn Simon, Skye VanAtta, Taylor Willeke, Suzanne Young.

GRADE 11: Austin Dumbaugh, Annabel Pinkney, Matthew Wilcox.

GRADE 10: Alexis Amburgey, Noah Beach, Terra Hunter, Caralee Stover, Victoria Wyss.

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