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By Paula Pyzik Scott
One More gym at 125 E Buckeye Ave. has received the donation of an AED (automated external defibrillator) from Lima Memorial Health System.
The device expands access in the village to lifesaving equipment for use in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. It is in a hallway with 24-hour access, so it can be used at any time, note gym owners Nick and Amber Simon.
From www.ONU.edu/news__Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration hosted its semiannual Polar Innovation Exchange on April 16, 2025, in the Dicke Forum. Students pitched innovative business or product ideas in a two-minute format for a chance to win $1,000. The event helps students hone their skills in pitching business ideas concisely, with emphasis on innovation, marketability, and societal impact.
April 27 Media Release__St. Mark Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Lincoln and Johnson Streets in Ada, will be having their free Community Meal on Wednesday, April 30, from 5 to 6:30 (or until we run out). Free and open to the public.
This month's menu consist of Meat loaf sub, Baked beans, Chips, Fruit, and a Cookie. In the event that we run out the meal will be "Chef's Choice."
To help us better serve you, please call 419-792-0911 by noon on Tuesday if you require more than 8 meals.
As always you may dine in, carry out, or drive up for curbside service.
Wilma A. Willeke, age 95, of Ada, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born on October 9, 1929 in Kenton, Ohio to the late Earl and Imo (Crooks) Boecher. On August 24, 1952 Wilma married Wilbur D. Willeke and he preceded her in death on December 28, 2023.
Alger photographer Raquel Massie shared this impressive bald eagle sighted on April 5 from the shelter house at Bluffton Village Park. "I love going through there every chance I can," she notes. An Ohio DNR map shows 12 eagle's nests in Allen County and 13 in Hardin County.
April 22 www.ONU.edu/news__A global business and engineering leader, a Supreme Court Justice from Iceland, and a nationally-renowned family physician, are Ohio Northern University’s spring 2025 commencement speakers.
Justice Benedikt Bogason will be featured at the Pettit College of Law ceremony scheduled for Saturday, May 17 at 10:00 a.m.
Dr. Ada D. Stewart, BSPh ’85, will participate in the Raabe College of Pharmacy ceremony to be held on Sunday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m.
Brenda Reichelderfer, BSEE ’80, will address undergraduate/MSA ceremony guests and graduates on May 18 at 2:00 p.m.
The ceremonies will be held at King Horn Sports Center’s field house. All three commencement speakers will receive honorary doctoral degrees.
