Beatrice “Bea” Bolen, 88, died on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:10 a.m. at Kenton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Kenton.
She was born June 5, 1927, in Hardin County, Ohio, to Tom and Stella (Wright) Puckett who preceded her in death. On Aug. 20, 1946, she married Tivis Bolen who died on July 20, 1999.
Bea retired after working 30 years for Wilson Sporting Goods, Ada . She attended the Alger Baptist Church.
Robert R. Sopher, 79, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 at 7:18 a.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center. Robert was born to Rev. Joseph F. Sopher and EmmaBelle (Forrest) Sopher on Feb. 25, 1936 in Rushsylvania, Ohio.
Robert graduated from LaFayette-Jackson High School in 1954, where he participated in high school choruses, high school band and class plays. He was also active in sports, where his favorite was playing football. He was on the starting lineup and earned his Varsity “L” letters.
The Ada Kiwanis Club's annual Christmas dinner/auction is Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. at the Community Health Professionals. Members are asked to bring 1-2 items for the auction.
Ohio Northern University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter received individual and chapter awards at the annual national PRSSA Conference in Atlanta from Nov. 6-10.
Ohio Northern’s PRSSA chapter was awarded the Star Chapter Award and is one of only two schools to receive the award since its inception in 2009. The award was created to recognize PRSSA chapters that have outstanding programming and relationship-building opportunities for students.
Ohio Northern University student Dutch Malott, a senior electrical engineering major from Newark, Ohio, has been awarded an undergraduate engineering scholarship through the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarship Plus Initiative.
Malott was one of 210 PES engineering scholarship recipients to be selected from the 540 individuals who applied. These undergraduate students are majoring in electrical engineering, are high achievers with strong GPAs with distinctive extracurricular commitments, and are committed to exploring the power and energy field.
