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Check the school calendar - If it's Oct. 23, then it's elementary photo day

It's a busy time of year in Ada Schools. There are activities on the school calendar every day this month...from Book Club, Kiwanis spaghetti dinner, picture days, band contests and grade cards going home.

To view the entire school calendar click here. Here's what's left on the October school calendar, for example:

"The Giver" on Freed Center stage Friday night

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present a Literature to Life performance of the “The Giver” by Lois Lowery on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Whose boots?

Friday was a dark and stormy night. It was also Ada homecoming. The Icon captured these boots in a photograph at the Ada-Paulding football game. There were lots of boots in the stands. These were together on the front row of the 50-yard line. Can you guess who the boot owners are? Click here for the answer.

When is the town picking up my leaves?

Little by little, the leaves on Ada trees are hitting the ground. Here's this fall's leaf pickup schedule, provided by the village.

The village will pick up leaves according to the following schedule. 

NORTHWEST: Mondays: November 4, 11, 18 and December 2
NORTHEAST: Tuesdays: November 5, 12, 19 and December 3
SOUTHEAST: Wednesdays: November 6, 13, 19 and December 4
SOUTHWEST: Thursdays: Nobvember 7, 14, 21 and December 5

Boots for a dark and stormy night

Friday was a night to get out the boots. Here are four boots belonging to Ada school students. Want to place a guess on the boot owners? These boots were photographed in the front row, 50 yard line during Friday's game against Paulding.

The answer's is a photo below. In case you don't recognize the boot owners, here they are from left, Nicki Lehsten, Maddie Gossard, Alexis Swaney and Teara Coulson.

Area receives over 4 inches of rain since Friday

Yep, that was a lot of rain on Friday. According to Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer, the area received 2.99 inches of rain on Oct. 4. Here’s the recent seven day report:
Date         High   Low    Prec
Oct. 1       76       57  
Oct. 2       82       62
Oct. 3       78       65
Oct. 4       78       66       2.99
Oct. 5       79       69       0.57
Oct. 6       72       55       0.58
Oct. 7       62       44

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