Reminder: Call for nominations for Distinguished Citizen
The deadline for Distinguished Citizen of the Year nominations is Friday, Nov. 12, 2021.
You may nominate an individual electronically via the online form, or you can submit a nomination via email.
Partial list of past recipients
2019 Bill & Beth Ann Bass
2018 Bryan Marshall
2017 Connie Fleming
2016 Jay Epley
2015 Saundra Neely
2014 David Retterer
2013 Agnes Crates
2012 James Turner
2011 Mary Bowden
2010 Ken and Toby Baker
2009 Terry Keiser
2008 Arden Searson
2007 Dick Lawrence
2006 Norm Rex
2005 Ed and Rosie Williams
2004 Jim Meyer
2003 Vicki Wolke and Joe Kindle
2002 Mark Shull
2001 Evelyn Jenkins
2000 William Robinson
1999 Jonell Hanratty
1998 Jim and Jane Klingenberger
1997 Jean Searson
1996 Charles VanDyne and David and Jane Weimer
1995 DeBow and Catherine Freed
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Bluffton Icon headlines, October 29
- Kenton missing person investigation leads to arrests and discovery of deceased individual
- Ada Council meeting rescheduled for November 10
- District Governor urges Ada Rotary to make lasting impact
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Leading fish expert to deliver Keiser Lecture at Ohio Northern on Nov. 3
- Down Memory Lane: ONU Homecoming celebration in 1925
- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Bulldogs Allen, Rush voted 1st team by NCOSA coaches
- Ada girls soccer eliminated by Grove in district semis
- Northwest Ohio field reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Can you look up Rotarian in the dictionary?
- Vancrest of Ada to host purse bingo in Kenton
- Karen Kier named to Soroptimist International Gender Medicine Working Group
- Ada ballot for Nov. 3 includes ambulance district, public library and two park district tax levy issues