Bridge Bereavement Services will offer a presentation to address the myths associated with grief on Monday, October 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Marathon Auditorium at Blanchard Valley Hospital, 1900 South Main Street, Findlay. The presentation is free, open to the public and registration is not required.
This presentation will focus on dispelling the many myths and misconceptions of grief such as “grief gets better the second year” and “grief will progress in predictable stages.”
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 19 in the first weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll, released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (46-6 overall) received 87 points in the poll.
Ohio Northern was ranked No. 17 in the preseason poll and No. 19 in the first weekly poll.
North Central (Ill.) remained in the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, SUNY Geneseo is second with 269 points and Wisconsin-La Crosse is third with 262 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Oct. 14 at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National race.
Photos and story by Cort Reynolds
The Ada volleyball team celebrated Senior Night in style by sweeping Spencerville in a Northwest Conference mismatch Tuesday on a special Cancer Awareness Night.
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The Lady Bulldogs rolled to victory 25-7, 25-16, 25-14 to improve to 12-7 overall, and they stayed first in the NWC at 6-0. The Bearcats fell to 1-13 and 0-6 in the NWC with the defeat.
The Lady Bulldogs have now won 14 consecutive league matches, and are currently riding a four-match win streak.
Vickie Garmon shares with Icon viewers photos of the Ada boys' soccer team 8-0 win over Tiffin Calvert. In the photo above is Jacob Poling. In the photos below are Miguel Jordan and Logan Williams.
Members of the Ada High School volleyball team counting over $600 in donations from spectators during this week's Volley for the Cure fundraiser. See the story below for details. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
Amelia, Ada's little sweetheart, attended the Ada/Spencerville volleyball game on Tuesday to support Volley for the Cure. Over $1,500 was raised for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, and it was learned that Amelia's cancer remains in remission.
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Amelia had the best seat in the house, on the bench next to Melissa Gossard, Ada's successful varsity volleyball coach who is now in her 17th year of coaching in Ada.
Amelia, now 7, is the daughter of Beau and Christina Griffin, who are also parents of two sons: Jude and Willie. The little girl is now a first grader.
