The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce meeting on June 15 provided members with their monthly opportunity to connect and communicate what's new in the Ada business community. The program was provided by Dr. Todd Gillfillan of Family Chiropractic Center.
A sampling of announcements
The Ada Public Library and host Rhett Grant announced a great summer reading kickoff with some 350 people in attendance on June 11. See https://adalibrary.org/ for how to register and enter to win prizes for reading.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
The idiom “wake up and smell the coffee” is used to refer to realizing the truth about one’s situation or to become more aware of what is happening around you. I have heard this phrase more in the last two years than in my previous years. The plethora of misinformation during the pandemic has truly been a difficult situation for healthcare professionals and unfortunately, much of the misinformation is still circulating. The suggestion has been made to wake up and smell the coffee regarding the facts surrounding the pandemic. This idiom applies to so much more as well.
Dr. Amy Mullins, associate professor of education at Bluffton University, has been awarded a Bluffton University Research Center grant.
Mullins, an Ada resident and member of the Ada Board of Education, will work on an app and additional literacy resources for young adult students based on her previous work with the phonics resource she developed called “Crack the Code.”
Sally Jo Hawkins, age 90, of Ada, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022, at Lima Memorial Health System, surrounded by her family.
Sally was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on January 5, 1932, to the late Grover and Virginia (Shepherd) Hicks. On February 15, 1961, Sally married Robert Ray Hawkins and he preceded her in death.
Sally was preceded in death by her son, Ron Haywood; granddaughter Hannah Hawkins; her six brothers and two sisters.
New awnings on the Regal Beagle, 105 N. Main St., are just a sign of things to come as renovations proceed at the local landmark, which was built in 1898.
