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By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY - The Ada girls soccer team was seeded 12th at the 13-team drawing for the Div. III Findlay district held Sunday.

 

Ada (5-9) will play at sixth-seeded Ashland Crestview Saturday, October 14 at 5 p.m.

 

The victor will visit second-seeded Liberty-Benton Oct. 18 at 5 p.m.

 

Riverdale was seeded first overall in the district draw.

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By Cort Reynolds

TIFFIN - The Ada boys soccer team was seeded sixth out of 12 teams at the Div. III Tiffin district drawing held Sunday.

 

The Bulldogs (10-4) will host ninth seed Willard on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 5 p.m.

 

The Ada/Willard winner will advance to the second round Saturday, Oct. 21 at second-seeded Mansfield Christian.

 

The district semifinals will be held Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Tiffin Columbian. The district finals are Oct. 28 at Columbian.

 

Van Buren was voted the top seed.

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By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA - The Ada volleyball team was seeded third at the 13-team Div. IV Ottawa district drawing held Sunday.

 

The Lady Bulldogs (13-7) will host 12th-seeded Temple Christian Monday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. in a sectional first round match.

 

The winner will advance to face the winner between sixth seed McComb and ninth seed Pandora-Gilboa Thursday, Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m.

 

If Ada defeats Temple Christian, they will host the McComb/P-G survivor Oct. 19.

 

The second round victor will advance to the Ottawa district semifinals, where they will likely face top-seeded Leipsic on Oct. 24 at Ottawa-Glandorf.

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Dorothy T. Kirby, age 89, died on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 8:40 a.m. at Springview Manor, Lima. 

She was born on February 4, 1928 in Middlesboro, KY to Fred and Bessie (Gray) Kirby who preceded her in death. 

Dorothy retired as an office cleaner at Bank One Cook Tower. 

She attended the Baptist Church. 

Dorothy was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Green. 

Private family services will be held at Preston Cemetery, Alger, OH.

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Apollo Career Center is hosting an Ice Cream and Explore Day for students and their grandparents Wednesday, Oct. 11,  from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Students will act as their grandparents' tour guides for program visits and campus exploration. The visit will culminate with one-on-one time over ice cream in the Apollo Commons. To date, over 350 grandparents have signed up for the event.

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Take a little extra money with you next time you attend a soccer match because Beta Club members will collect money for victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma at the game that begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday at War Memorial Park.

The donations will be added to the $80 that the club collected at a football game on Sept. 8.

The Beta Club is the junior high honor society and service club. Julie Thaxton is advisor.

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