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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada senior baseballers Phillip Coulson and Bryce Paul were selected to play for Team Northwest Conference in a senior All-Star Game vs. the Putnam County League.

Coulson is a pitcher/shortstop, while Paul primarily played third base for the Bulldogs.

The NWC vs. PCL senior All-Star Game is slated for Saturday, June 6, at 7 p.m. in the Ottawa Memorial Park.

28 persons have recovered, 32 actively ill and in isolation, 5 are hospitalized

Kenton Hardin Health Department announced notification of the first two reported deaths attributed to the COVID-19 virus in current residents of Hardin County. 

“On behalf of the health department and our response partners, we want to extend our deepest sympathies to the grieving families.” said Deputy Health Commissioner and Director of Nursing Cindy Keller.

“The health department and our partners will continue to do all we can to help our community slow the spread of this virus. Every person, every family in Hardin County is important to us,” said Keller. 

Ada police, fire, EMS and Alger fire and EMS responded to an accident at the intersection of State Route 235 and 309 at 3:11 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, according to the Ada police report.

The accident resulted with face injuries of at least one person involved. Nine rescue vehicles responded to the accident according to the report.

Attached below is the Hardin County sheriff’s log from June 3.

One of 3 students to receive a My Money Matters scholarship

Ada High School graduate, Danielle Waugh, is one of three ara high school graduates to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Liberty National Bank.

She will attend Rhodes State College, Lima, this fall where she plans to study to be an occupational therapy assistant.

Thirty students within Hardin, Logan and Union counties submitted applications for the Liberty National Bank My Money Matters scholarship.

Liberty National Bank offered three $1,000 scholarship opportunities to local students who completed the Liberty National Bank Financial Literacy Program.

In cooperation with Ada schools, the Ada Icon will post each of the Ada High School class of 2020 seniors in the spotlight. Tabitha Tidd is today's senior in the spotlight.

Not unlike humans, a culture can suffer illness too. Current events prove the point

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The word “culture” is defined as the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social group. In more basic language, it’s the values and norms a group of people choose to follow as they coexist. Not unlike humans, a culture can suffer illness too. Current events prove the point.

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