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Weekend Doctor: Dementia

By Chris Steffan, RN, ADON Birchaven Village

Dementia is a general term used to describe various symptoms of cognitive decline including impairment in memory, communication and thinking, which is caused by damage to cells in the brain. The symptoms do not appear suddenly but build over time and become more noticeable. Damage can occur for many reasons including increased proteins inside and outside of brain cells, lack of oxygen to the brain, stroke, genetics, medication side effects, depression, alcohol use, and thyroid and vitamin deficiencies.

Welcome Home Grant offered by Liberty National Bank

Ronald L. Zimmerly, Jr., President and CEO of Liberty National Bank, recently announced the bank’s participation in the Welcome Home Program, a grant sponsored by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati. The program is designed to assist eligible homebuyers with down payment or closing costs when buying a home.

The Welcome Home Program provides up to $2,500 in grant money for low to moderate income homebuyers and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Honorably discharged veterans and active-duty military homebuyers may receive Welcome Home grants up to $7,500.

January and February meetings of the Ada chamber

RSVP Feb. 16 luncheon at the Inn at ONU

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the January Membership Meeting at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, January 19 at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main. Breakfast will be served at the meeting, according to Heather Cox, membership chairperson.

In February, the chamber meeting will be an Annual Meeting Luncheon at noon on Wednesday, February 16. This event will take place at the Inn at ONU. The price of the luncheon is $20 per person. For reservations, contact Deb Curlis at [email protected] or 419-788-9459. 

Mary Lou Carman worked at the Cigar Factory

Mary Lou Carman, age 94, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at her residence, surrounded by her family.

She was born on April 13, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Wendall Miller and Dorothy Elizabeth Miller Pickering.  In December of 1943, Mary Lou married Carl Carman, Jr., who preceded her in death on December 11, 2010.

Mary Lou is survived by her daughter Carla Jo (Mark) Oberly of Harrod; five grandchildren: Shirley Davis, Bonnie (Gregory) Pieper, Turmak (Annette) Davis, Derrick (Courtney) Oberly and Amanda (Kellen) Dunlap; and nine great grandchildren.

NWC-leading Delphos downs Ada girls

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls basketball team suffered a long first-half scoring drought and lost to league-leading visitor Delphos Jefferson 57-27 in Northwest Conference action Thursday night, January 13.

The Bulldog girls fell behind 17-3 after the first period against the tough press and physicality of the 12th-ranked Lady Wildcats. 

Ada junior guard Courtney Sumner spearheaded an 11-2 second quarter run, but DJ pulled away for good with a 22-7 third stanza.

The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 4-11 overall and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats improved to 14-1 and 4-0 in the NWC with the victory.

School board oath of office

On January 13, newly elected member Ted Griffith takes the oath of office to serve on the Board of Education for the Ada Exempted Village School District.

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