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Harold says, "Time to starting exercising"

Try to keep up with his standing, sitting and stretching movements
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Harold Cotsamire brought back more than shells from Florida. The retired ONU controller returned to Ada with an idea: begin a one-hour exercise class of standing, sitting, and stretching movements.

He and his wife, Doris, who passed away last fall, thought it would be a good idea to begin an exercise session in their hometown. Friends at the Ada United Methodist Church encouraged him to begin a class, so he has. Ten people attended the first session last week.

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Helen Winkler was an Ada High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Helen May Winkler, 90, died Jan. 22, 2017, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Helen was born May 18, 1926, in New Stark to the late Elmer and Mary (Richards) Agin.  On June 21, 1947, she married Kenneth Winkler who preceded her in death on April 20, 1988.

Helen was a homemaker and had worked as a secretary at Superior Coach in Lima.  She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.  Helen was a member of GAB and Century Circle.  She enjoyed crafting, floral arranging, reading and talking and spending time with family and friends.  Helen graduated from Ada High School.

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Okay, put your hands behind your head

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Try to keep up with Harold Cotsmire in an exercise routinee. He's an expert in one-hour class of standing, sitting and stretching. Want to join the class? It's free; click here for all the details.

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Jamie Hall will lead Community Improvement Corp. in 2017

CIC is economic development arm of the village
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) has its sights set on 2017. CIC reorganized for the year on Jan. 18.

Officers and board members elected for 2017 are:
Jamie Hall, president
Brandt Miller, vice president
Eileen Peterman, secretary
Angela Polachek, treasurer

Miller and Peterman filled two board vacancies, with terms from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2018. Peterman’s term had expired and Dick Lawrence announced in December his retirement from the board.

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Pierson gift will impact future ONU engineering students

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

In keeping with the spirit of a capital campaign at his alma mater, Craig O. Pierson and his wife, Kay, of Bowling Green, Ohio, have made an impact on future students at Ohio Northern University and his profession through a recent lead gift to the university’s “Campaign for Engineering: Building Impact at ONU,” an endeavor to fund a new building for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering.

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Madie Skiver's art accepted in Ft. Wayne Scholastic Art Show

Two works on exhibit from Feb. 12 to April 9
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Madie Skiver, an Ada High School senior, had two pieces of art accepted in the Scholastic Art Show in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Her artwork will be displayed at the Ft. Wayne Museum of Art from Feb.12-April 9.

One of her pieces of art, titled "Nevermore," shows a black raven. Madie came up with the idea from her favorite poem, Edgar Allen Poe's "Nevermore." The print received an honorable mention award.

To make the lineo print, she took a cutting tool to a piece of rubber, then applied ink to the rubber, and transferred the image to paper.

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