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By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School volleyball team was seeded seventh in the 11-team Div. IV Wapakoneta sectional/district drawing held Sunday, October 9.

Ada (10-10) will play at sixth seed New Knoxville (5-14, 0-7 MAC) in the sectional semifinals Tuesday, October 18 at 6 p.m. 

The Ada/New Knoxville winner will face fifth seed Perry (14-6) at Marion Local in the sectional finals. The winner advances to the district semifinals at Wapakoneta.

New Bremen (19-1) is the top seed, followed by MAC foe Marion Local (16-3) in second. Minster (9-11) is third, with Temple Christian (17-3) seeded fourth.

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Reminder: 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10 is the Dig for a Cure event with AHS Volleyball!

Find more reminders on www.AdaIcon.com/calendar

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Ohio Northern University is on Fall Break through October 11. PHOTO Ohio Northern. 

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The office of the Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon will be closed today, October 10, and will be closed for holidays including:

October 10 - Columbus Day / Indigenous People's Day

November 11 - Veterans Day

November 24-25 - Thanksgiving 

December 23-26 - Christmas

December 30-January 2 - New Year

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The Ada Historical Society is looking for materials from Farmers and Merchants Picnics from earlier years up to about the 1980s.

Here's one submission from Bill Garver on Facebook: 

Ada Tri-County Farmers and Mechanics Fair premium booklet, circa 1883.

Note that is the "mechanics" fair and not yet the "merchants" fair. 

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If you are a family that lives in the Ada School District that is in need this Christmas Season, the Blessings for Christmas program invites you to sign up at the First Presbyterain Church of Ada (corner of Lincoln and Main) on one of the following dates.

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