Marilyn Kay Sanders, an assistant living resident of Vancrest, Ada, is the featured in this month’s “Resident Spotlight” at Vancrest.
She attended school and graduated from Alger High school in 1964 as the last class from Alger High school before it changed to Upper Scioto Valley.
Kay and her late husband, Larry, were married in 1968 and had three girls.
Kay worked at Wilson’s football factory for 30 years. Her main job was to sew linings. Kay said she would go back to work now if she could as she truly liked her job. She watched football until she quit making them.
Ohio Northern University is hosting several events in February to commemorate Black History Month. All events are free and open to the public. They include:
“Chasing after King & his dream: The civil rights movement after Dr. King’s assassination” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the English Chapel. Lunch will be served.
Sometimes the display window is just as attention grabbing from the inside looking out as from the outside looking here. Here's an example: It's one of the ReStore display windows photographed earlier this winter.
FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - Langston McClain and Eli Esguerra, members of the Ada Youth Wrestling Club, advance to the OAC grade school wrestling championship March 23-24 in Youngstown.
Eli wrestled at the OAC Grade School District Championship in Thomas Worthington and won first place in Division 3 110-pound bracket.
Langston wrestled at the OAC Grade School District Championship in Troy and won first place in Division 2 61-pound bracket.
Reichert's Clothing Store was the Ada School "Bulldog Business of the Month for January. Here's a photo of Fred Reichert with a plaque in the store's honor from the Ada Bulldogs Facebook.
