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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
