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She's an associate professor of art history at Cal, Berkeley

An Ada High School graduate, Anneka Lenssen, has published a book to be released this month, focusing on modern painting and politics in Syria.

Lenssen, associate professor of art history at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the book, titled "Beautiful Agitation, Modern Painting and Politics in Syria," is aimed to an academic audience.

She described its contents this way for the Icon:
It’s an art historical study of artists and artworks in Syria, from the turn of the century to the 1965.

Ada American Legion Post 185 will hold a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the VFW Hall north of Ada at 7 p.m.  All members are encouraged to attend.  Proper health requirements will be observed.

Extension office program aimed at Head Start Centers

 OSU Extension invites Icon viewers to share with colleagues, teachers, parent advocates, and parents/guardians a virtual program offered to all Head Start centers in Ohio.

Jamie Dellifield, extension educator, family and consumer sciences from the Hardin extension office, provided the Icon with these details of the program.

The program is geared towards parents and guardians with children who attend Head Start.

The school has identified safety concerns with its current flow of traffic during arrival and dismissal times

Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, Ada Schools will change its morning and afternoon transportation locations. 

The change came about because the school has identified safety concerns with its current flow of traffic during arrival and dismissal times.

"Based upon observations by administrators, the transportation director, and the school resource officer, we feel it is necessary to make changes to our current transportation procedures," said Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent.

• The north entrance, off of State Route 81 will now be the new bus loading and unloading zone.

• The south entrance, off Grand Avenue will become the student drop off and pick up location.

The Lincoln Project of Ada heads west with work rapidly moving to a conclusion. These two photos show the depth of the roadway, which may be deeper than it appears.

Ada was among 100 teams to participate

Ada CC meet cancelled
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada was scheduled to run in the Galion Cross Country Festival Saturday, but the meet was cancelled.

With over 100 teams slated to compete, the event was deemed too risky to hold due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

To facilitate team bonding as well as for fun and motivation, Ada head coach Josh Klein had his team perform a fun run along the water at Indian Lake on Saturday in place of the Galion meet. 

He reported that some parents of runners also participated in the run. "They had a blast," said Klein.

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