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Here are the Hardin County Sheriff's logs covering the period Sept. 15 to 22.

Hilary Dalton is the winner of the "Where is it in Ada contest." She correctly identified this mystery photo as part of the mural in the Ada Post Office. 

Her entry was drawn from all correct entries in the contest that ended on Friday.

She wins a 2-item, 16-inch pizza from 3 Brothers Family Pizza, Ada. Watch for the next pizza contest coming soon on the Icon.

Ada loses to Grove on the road

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - After a close defensive first half, the Ada girls soccer team gave up five second-half goals and lost 6-0 at Columbus Grove Monday evening in a Northwest Conference match.

Ada fell to 2-6 and 0-3 in the NWC with the defeat. CG improved to 6-4 and 4-1 in league play with a victory in the battle of the Bulldogs.

Grove junior Maddie Thompson netted the game's first goal in the 23rd minute, and the score stayed 1-0 to intermission.

Just 1:23 into the second half, CG junior Kenzie King scored to give the hosts a little breathing room up 2-0.

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.

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