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2nd quarter Ada school honor roll of 2020-21

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Ada schools released the second quarter honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.

4TH GRADE

ALL A:  KEVINA BHANDARI, CARSON COLE, MACI FREWALT, AMELIA GRIFFIN, FAITH GRIFFIN, TEA GRIFFITH, AUBRY JORDAN, DAVID KLEAR, BROOKLYNN MATHEWS, NATHAN MOSLER, ROBERT SHANKS, ANDY STOCKERT, EMILY THAXTON, PIPER WALLACE AND RYAN WEST

A-B:  NOAH ARCHER, AIREANAH BOEDICKER, MCKENZIE BOLIN, KENNADY BOWDEN, ZANE BUXTON, MAYCIE DEWESE, CARTER HITES, ALEENA HOFFMAN, LANDEN KECKLER, TYLER LAMBDIN, ALIVEA RAHRIG, JOURNIE RAHRIG, LILLY RIDENOUR, LYDIA SHELLHAMMER, ABBI SYPHERD, AMBRIEL TAYLOR, CAROLINE WALKER AND DRAVEN WOODS

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Christy Beaschler is a $100 winner in this week's Kenton-Hardin County Soroptimist International fundraiser raffle.

Club 250 is a fundraiser that helps to award scholarships to local women and girls. 

Weeks 1 to 48 winners receive $100. Weeks 49 and 50 win $125, week 51 wins $250, and Week 52 wins $500. Winning tickets drawn week from weeks 1 to 48 have their tickets put back in for future drawings. Winning tickets drawn after week 48 do not go back in.

 

 

 

Ada HS sophomore is active in several school activities

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Amelia Alexander Ada High School sophomore, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada January student of the month.

Amelia is active in several school organizations including:
• Book Club
•Ada Mental Health Alliance (AMHA)
•Language Club

• And athletic activities:
• Tennis team
• Volleyball team
• Cross country team

Outside school activities:
• Student columnist for the Ada Icon
She is the daughter of Robert and Shelleigh Alexander.

Watch for national playoff contest posted tonight

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Angie Guinn was the winner of the Ada Icon college football bowl contest. Her entry had 11 correct games selected and both tie-breakers will picked correctly.

She receives a 2-item, 16-inch pizza from 3 Brothers Family Pizza. Mark Sommers is the winner of the Bluffton Icon college football bowl contest.

Entries were from the following communities:
Bluffton - 42
Ada - 19
Pandora - 3
Lima - 1
Columbus Grove - 1
Ottawa - 1
Alger - 2
Dallas, Texas -1
Jenera - 2
Cary, North Carolina - 1 

Watch for the college playoff title game contest – posted later this evening.

Dr. Mark Shull died on Jan. 2 • He opened his dental practice in Ada in 1962, retiring in 2018

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Dr. Mark Shull, DDS, 88, who practiced dentistry for 56 years in Ada, died on Jan. 2, 2021. 

The community recognized him in 2002, naming him Ada’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year. And, for over 55 years he was a member of the Ada Kiwanis Club.

Dr. Shull graduated from Capital University, the OSU Dental School, and served four and one-half years in the Army Dental Corps before opening his office in Ada in 1962.

Click here for his obituary. Several photos of Dr. Shull are at the bottom of this story.

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Gregory Phipps, a member of the ONU faculty, of Lima recently received a doctorate in management of technology and digital communications from the Indiana State University.

The assistant professor of communication at Ohio Northern University is a graduate from Lima Technical College and the University of Toledo’s electronic engineering programs. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Bluffton in organizational management.

His research topics include broadcast television communications and the adoption of bonded-cellular transmission technology.

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