Lucie Anna Shepherd, age 99, died on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 1:29 p.m. at Lima Convalescent Home.
She was born on April 4, 1918 in Pyramid, Kentucky to the late Peter and Emiline (Hicks) Moore. On February 14, 1934 Lucie married George Shepherd and he died on March 20, 1979.
Lucie was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church, Alger.
Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Marion Local) was named 2nd Team All-America in men's basketball for 2018 in voting conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and D3hoops.com. Bruns was also named the OAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and First Team All-Great Lakes Region this season. He was second on the team, third in the OAC and 12th nationally in scoring at 24.0 ppg this year.
By Monty Siekerman
Two 7th grade teams from Ada advanced to the state Science Day in Columbus.
Dylan Hartman and Logan House advanced and also won the district engineering award. Their project was titled “Do Bearings Reduce Friction?”
The other team advancing is Amelia Alexander and Miranda Wibbing with the project "Water Transportation.” They also received the B-Weiser award at the district fair.
By Monty Siekerman
Spring begins at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, but there are few signs of Spring this year, and several chances of snow the next few days doesn’t bode well for Spring’s appearance anytime soon.
However, the camera did catch a few crocus in bloom on Monday at a home on East Lehr Avenue. You’ll also notice a daffodil bud in the upper left hand corner of the picture.
Not every one deserves a zip code on a license plate. 45816 is Benton Ridge's zip code and that means this plate belongs to Fairy Parkins, the former postmaster in that village. You'll find this plate on blue-grey Buick LaCrosse CX.
