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Bulldog runners continue to cut times

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By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada cross country teams competed at the 16-team Van Wert Health Hospital Invitational Saturday.

"It was a great morning for a cool fall run," said Bulldog head coach Josh Klein. 

Junior Riley Ferguson was the top Ada runner on the day. He finished 82nd out of 113 runners in a time of 21:03.9.

Sophomore Robby Waters ran second for the Bulldogs. He crossed the finish line 97th in 22:49.4. Classmate Connor Daugherty was 102nd with a time of 24:29.7.

Senior Cole Anspaugh came in 108th with a time of 25:28.2.

Junior Hayden Schmidt of Anna won the individual race with a time of 16:17.7.

Sumner had a team-high 22 digs, White added 11 digs, Dalton served up 3 aces

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By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada volleyball team lost a tough four-setter to big-hitting Carey in a non-league match Saturday.

The 29-27, 23-25, 25-15, 25-9 defeat dropped the Lady Bulldog overall record to 7-7. Carey improved to 8-6 with the win.

"I thought we worked well together as a team," said Ada third-year head coach Kyleigh Tabor, whose team had to adjust its attack with versatile setter Kirsten Poling sidelined by illness.

Here's Ada Schools October menus

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The Ada school October lunch menu is now on the Icon.

It begins with peanut butter and jelly sandwich with cheese sticks for Kindergarten through fifth grade and mini-turkey subs with yogurt for sixth grade through seniors.

The month ends with a variety of pizza and assorted veggies.

Click here to view the entire October lunch menu.

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Ada High School Latin Club 1960-61 – 

Back row from left, Mike Bowden, Etoile Heifner, Bruce Noe, Dolores Taylor, Larry Rodgers and Joe Banks.

Third row from left, Mrs. Price, David Munro, Dick Klingenberger, Becky Hetrick, Steven Stambaugh and Janet Calvert.

Second row from left, Evon Kerr, Tana Tipple, Nancy Koch, Sharon Sobers and Gretchen Archer.

Front row from left, Kathy James, Brad Hindall, Cheryl LaViness, Daniel Collett and Debbie Reese.

Not Keys’ finest work by any stretch of the imagination. Still, there are enough good tunes and her smooth vocals to recommend it.

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Reviewed By Craig Hoffman
American singer-songwriter and actress Alicia Keys is out with her seventh studio album Alicia (stylized all caps) in 2020. This comes after a number of delays due to COVID-19. Keys has received numerous awards in her fantastic career, including 15 (competitive) Grammy Awards. 

The artist was the host for the Awards show in 2019 becoming the first woman in 15 years to do so. She repeated the feat in 2020 in addition to singing a soulful tribute to the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

Poll in partnership with Ohio Northern University

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According to the results of a new Baldwin Wallace University Great Lakes Poll – in partnership with Ohio Northern University and Oakland University – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a commanding lead in Michigan and Wisconsin, and is running neck and neck with incumbent Republican President Donald Trump in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The poll questioned self-identified registered, likely voters in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on a variety of topics that may factor into the November election, including how voters plan to cast ballots, attitudes about Black Lives Matter and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic at the state and national level.

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