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Dellifield, Williams each passed out 1 assist as Bulldogs stand atop NWC

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys soccer team whipped visiting Lincolnview 4-0 Monday night at the park to stay atop the Northwest Conference standings.

Following the victory, the Bulldog record improved to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the NWC. The Lancers fell to 1-5-3 and 0-3 in league play with the defeat.

Ada is in first place in the conference standings with nine points, ahead of defending champion Bluffton (2-0 NWC) and Spencerville (2-1 NWC) with six points apiece. 

The Bulldogs and undefeated Pirates (8-0-1) meet at Bluffton September 28 in a first-place showdown.

Seniors Wills, Light, Acheson, Cortez, Allison and Dalton recognized tonight

By Cort Reynolds
WAYNESFIELD - The visiting Ada volleyball team got back on track by sweeping local foe Waynesfield-Goshen in a non-league makeup match Monday evening.

The 25-18, 25-21, 25-12 win snapped a three-match losing streak and upped the Lady Bulldog overall record to 6-5. W-G fell to 3-7 with the defeat.

Senior Megan Light led Ada with 10 kills, four blocks and six digs. Senior Miranda Wills contributed five digs and five kills.

Bulldog junior Kirsten Poling dished out 22 assists, hit four kills and came up with seven digs. Sophomore Courtney Sumner came up with nine digs, smacked four kills and served three aces.

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.

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