Urban L. Long, age 91, passed away at his residence in Ada on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at 11:53 a.m.
He was born on Sept. 13, 1929, in LaFayette, Ohio, to the late Charles Raymond and Donna (Shrider) Long. On June 10, 1951, he married Alma M. Moyers and she preceded him in death on July 31, 2012.
Urban was a lifelong farmer. He was a lifelong member of the County Line Church of the Brethren, Harrod, and was a former Deacon as well as served in many capacities at the church. Urban was a conscientious objector to the draft and served his service in the Brethren Volunteer Service 2nd Unit. Urban and his father donated heifers to Heifer International Service.
Ada council closed 2020 with a special meeting on Dec. 30 for the purpose of transferring funds received from the federal CARES Act to nine specific village funds.
Those transfers are shows in the attachment at the bottom of this story. The village received $341,746 in CARES Funds.
Gregory Phipps, a member of the ONU faculty, of Lima recently received a doctorate in management of technology and digital communications from the Indiana State University.
The assistant professor of communication at Ohio Northern University is a graduate from Lima Technical College and the University of Toledo’s electronic engineering programs. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Bluffton in organizational management.
His research topics include broadcast television communications and the adoption of bonded-cellular transmission technology.
How will you remember 2020? (Or, won’t want to remember 2020)
Let us count the ways:
• Covid-19
• Masks, or un-masked
• School year disruptions
• Cancellation of most community events
• Swimming pool opens!
• School in session, then remote, then back in session
• Presidential election
• Limited holiday travel
No matter how you will remember 2020, the Icon joins you in the hope that 2021 will be a better year.
Before we change calendars, the Icon offers 12 photographs from Ada’s 2020, one for each month.
