In preparation for the 2012-13 school year, parents and students are encouraged to attend Apollo Career Center's Parent-Student Orientation, Thursday, Aug. 23, during the times of 1-4 p.m. or from 5:30-8 p.m.
Parents and students may visit labs, meet with teachers, pay for fees, books and tools, and tour the building.
Apollo will have staggered start dates again this year. The first day of school for juniors is Monday, Aug. 27, and first day for seniors is Tuesday, Aug. 28. For more information, please call 419.998.2908.
For a printer-friendly copy of the Apollo school calendar open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
"We in America have so much and want more and are miserable because we don't have what we want. The Dominican people have so little and are so grateful for what they do have. Maybe there is a lesson to be learned from these people."
Those are the words of Chris North. She's back in Dominican Republic. The Ada Icon has permission to link to her blog, which shows photos and tells about the experiences of her present trip.
For North's thoughs on a typical day of a rural Dominican, click here.
North is Director of Communication Studies Program at Ohio Northern University.
Bluffton Icon intern, Jake Dowling, wrote the NFL season preview, posted on The Icon is several parts. Here is the final piece of the puzzle. Dowling lists is predictions on how the 2012 season will end.
x-division winner y-wild card z-home field advantage
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Parents, teachers, and students know it’s about that time. Ada Schools are scheduled to resume classes for the 2012-2013 school on Thursday, August 16th.
Part IV of NFL Preview: The AFC and NFC West divisions
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern Click here for earlier previews
AFC West Denver Broncos, 8-8, won division, lost in divisional round
The Coach- John Fox enters his second season as head coach and no other year may be a better year than 2012 for him to get his team back in the Super Bowl for the first time since he was coach of the Carolina Panthers in 2003 when they lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIII.
Mitchell "Mitch" Bailey, 86, died at 2:45 p.m. July 30, 2012, at Kindred Hospital, Lima.
He was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Breathitt County, Ky., to John and Dora Marshall Bailey, who preceded him in death. On March 15, 1947, he married Omalee Patton, who died Nov. 24, 2011.
Mr. Bailey retired from Bartlett Roofing and Swartz Construction, both in Lima, where he worked in roofing and construction. He was a member of Bethlehem Tabernacle Church, Lima. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
