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Ada school honor roll - first quarter 2020-21

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Here's the Ada school honor roll for the first quater grading period of 2020-21

GRADE 4

ALL A:  AIREANAH BOEDICKER, ZANE BUXTON, HAYLYN GEIGER, FAITH GRIFFIN, TEA GRIFFITH, AUBREY JORDAN, BROOKLYNN MATHEWS, ROBERT SHANKS, BRYLYN SPARKMAN, ANDREW STOCKERT, EMILY THAXTON, PIPER WALLACE AND RYAN WEST

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Carl Wilkerson shares these 7 a.m. voting photos from the Ada polling location in Ada High School. The initial line had at 15-to-20 minute wait, and eventually slowed by mid-morning but had a constant stream during the day.

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So, you think you know Ada?

We've received complaints that our weekly photo question is too easy.

Okay, let's push it up a notch. Where will you find Mr. Morgenthau's name in Ada?
Answer tomorrow.

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Last week the Icon posted the 1961 Ada High School H-Y boys club. Here's the accompanying club, the girls Y-Teens from the same school year.

Names of members are part of the yearbook photograph.

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You can get a neck ache looking at books that fit vertically on a library shelf. The Icon takes the pain out of looking at this section of used books for sale by donation at the Ada Public Library. We rotated the photo counter-clockwise, so you can see what's ready to take home and read.

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Herbert L. Corbet, 82, passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, at 11:14 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on March 1, 1938, in Harrod, Ohio, to the late Harry C. and Mary C. (Carle) Corbet. Herbert was married to Jeanette Gleason and she preceded him in death on Feb. 11, 1989.  He later married Beverly McFarland and she survives in Ottawa.  

Herbert retired after 30 years from the Ford Motor Company of Lima. He was a U.S. Army Veteran who served from Sept. 2, 1956, to Feb. 25, 1957.   Herbert enjoyed gardening outside, trains, cars and his guns.

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