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Ada Diamonds Baseball/Softball registration this week

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Ada Diamonds Baseball/Softball registration takes place on three evenings this week.

Dates are from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 28-29-30) in the Dicke College of Business Administration room 140 on the ONU campus.

Six team opportunities are available ranging from T-ball to slow-pitch softball, fast-pitch softball, Pee-Wee baseball, Little League baseball and Pony League baseball.

An attachment below spells out age groups and registration fees. For further details email: [email protected]

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Evelyn Kroft, resident of Vancrest, is smiling because she just cried, "Bingo!" And, she's posing with a very lovely throw blanket that she chose from the prize cart. The Icon stopped into Vancrest during last week's intense Bingo event. The next photo in this series shows Evelyn decided which prize to pick.

Under direction of 17th-year head coach Dean Paul

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 The Ohio Northern football team will open its 2020 schedule with three consecutive home games, beginning with a non-conference battle with Denison on Saturday, Sept. 5, under 17th-year head coach Dean Paul.

The Polar Bears will also host Muskingum and Wilmington on Sept. 12 and 19, respectively.

ONU will take to the road on Sept. 26 at Otterbein and at Marietta on Oct. 3.

Northern will then return home to face John Carroll on Oct. 17 as part of Homecoming Weekend and will play at Capital on Oct. 24.

Letter from six Hardin County school superintendents explains their position

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Superintendents for Ada, Upper Scioto Valley, Kenton, Hardin Northern, Ridgemont and Midwest Regional ESC last week posted a letter to citizens of Hardin County stating that Ohio’s growing EdChoice voucher program threatens to undermined the system of public education in Ohio.

Stating several facts about taxes and the voucher program, the letter states:

“Vouchers cost $4,650 for K-8 students and $6,000 each year for high school students, taking money from the public schools to pay for private and parochial tuition.

“A student can keep the voucher throughout their career, costing taxpayers nearly $66,000 per pupil to pay for a private education.

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Members of the Ada High School H-Yi during the 1969-70 school year. 

Back from left, Tally DePore, Dave Stoop, Greg Elwood, Doyle Long.

Fourth row from left, Dave Beltz, Gary Binkley, Craig Crouse.

Third row from left, Paul Baransy, Dan Houx, Russ Berger.

Second row from left, Dave Devier, Charlie Conklin, Bruce Jones.

Front row from left, Bruce Dunbar, John Bettinger, Lloyd Shadley.

 

Even though the Browns and Bengals aren't in the game

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It’s Super Bowl time and the Icon invites viewers to test their football skills by entering the Icon’s Super Bowl Contest.

Beyond picking the game winner, contest questions include:
• Who will score first
• Who will lead at halftime
• How many points will the winning team win by
• and the toughest tie-breaker question of all time: Who will be the game’s most valuable player?

We are also looking ahead for more contests of all types in 2020. Persons entering the contest may suggest other contests the Icon should consider holding.

The Super Bowl contest winner receives six passes to the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton. 

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