NAPOLEON - Ada's Klava Katayama and Zach Beaschler each claimed individual wins as the Bulldog swim teams competed at the 14-team Wildcat Invitational in Napoleon Saturday.
Ada sophomore Katayama won the 200 freestyle race while senior Beaschler captured the 200 individual medley event to pace the Bulldog swimmers.
The Lady Bullogs finished 10th out of 14 teams, and the Bulldogs boys came in ninth out of 11 squads.
Napoleon won the girls team title with 599 points, followed by Akron Hoban with 423. Ada scored 54 points.
• Photos and a video below
One of Ada's "must-see" business displays is indoors.
It's at New Leaf Lawn Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada. The retail area is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday decorations.
This year the New Leaf staff created a charming holiday feeling in the store. And, of course, their decorating ideas are for customers to purchase and place in their own homes.
The Icon shares several photos for viewers, plus a short video.
New Leaf hours:
Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m. -6 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
Sundays, noon-4 p.m.
Ada phone: 419-634-0351
Here's a photos from the Ada High School 1999 yearbook of members of the senior class. Icon viewers are encouraged to post names of class members in this photo.
Meet Sadie. Sadie is a 1 year old female lab mix, She weighs 50 pounds. Can you offer Sadie her forever home?
To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.
Hours: 9 am to 4 pm on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Phone: 419-674-2209.
Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.
The shelter is also the place to contact for giving up a dog, if you find a lost or stray dog, or if you come in contact with a vicious dog. It costs $20 to surrender a dog, which pays for deworming and immunizations for when it is rescued.
1935 Ada Schools withdrew from the county system to become Exempted Village School District. This move made the school district directly responsible to the state department of education.
September 1935 Play-by-play announcing of high school football games was inaugurated here with Leland Smull and Harold Huber in charge.
