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It's one of the community's most enjoyable holiday traditions.
This year's 27th annual Ada schools senior citizens Christmas luncheon drew an appreciative crowd of seniors and they filled the gym.
Each December since 1992 the Ada schools have treated area seniors to a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, beans and pumpkin pie luncheon – okay the menu changes from time to time.
Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent, greeted the guests. Servers were members of the varsity boys' and girls' basketball teams.
If Ada had a Christmas lights contest, this one would win. Volunteers dressed up the front of Ada schools during the Thanksgiving break and out-did themselves. In your next nighttime trip around town, check out the school lights.
An Ada fifth grader, Callie Burgess, is a member of an all-girls' First Lego League team, that recently placed second of 27 teams at a Versailles, Ohio, tournament on Nov. 23.
The Fearless Feminine Felines, First Lego League team, consists of girls ages 10 to 14 from Ada and Bluffton.
Only one of three all-girl teams competing, the Felines advance to the next tournament level to compete to be one of the top teams in northwestern Ohio. That tournament is Jan. 18 in Sylvania.
Team members with Callie are Bluffton seventh graders, Sophia Kaufmann, June Essinger and Mackay Tuttle; Bluffton eighth grader, Adanna Johnstone; and BHS freshman, Sabina Clingerman.
Daniel L. “Danny” Faulder, age 61, died at 9:06 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Lima Memorial Health System.
He was born on October 1, 1958 in Lima, Ohio to Charles E. and Donna J. (Thrush) Faulder. His father preceded him in death and his mother survives in Harrod.
Danny worked as a Highway Tech 2 Bridge Specialist for the Ohio Department of Transportation. He previously worked at Flagship Chevrolet in Kenton.
Rhea E. Hall, 93, died on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at 4:54 p.m, at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born in Hardin County, Ohio on July 29, 1926, to the late Frank and Aurabelle (Sowers) Shadley. On Dec. 21, 1942, Rhea married Oscar Hall and he preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 1994.
Rhea retired in 1985 from Wilson Sporting Goods in Ada after working as a sewer and stamper. She attended the United Methodist Church.
