Ada Icon founder Fred Steiner visited the Ada Rotary to provide a program called "Four Guys Walk into a Bluffton Bank and the rest is Bluffton Oral History." The four guys? John Dillinger and his gang. Where and when? Bluffton on August 14, 1933.
Steiner explains that one firsthand account was written down. Dozens of other oral accounts vary in their details.
Steiner sold the Bluffton and Ada Icons in 2021. He now writes a local history blog at www.BlufftonForever.com. These writings are also featured on Sunday on www.BlufftonIcon.com.
Clair D. Romick, age 88, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022, at his residence, surrounded by his family.
He was born on January 13, 1934, on the family farm four miles northeast of Ada, to the late Roy Milton and Hazel Julia (Boutwell) Romick. On December 16, 1955, Clair married Beverly (Orders) Romick, and she survives in Alger. They are the parents of Kimberly (Rick) Bentz of Wellsville, PA, Abby A. (Greg) George of Findlay, and Roland “Rody” (Libby Palicki) Romick of McComb; ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
Gertrud T. Brown, age 96, passed away surrounded by family on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Lima, Ohio. She was born on January 11, 1926, in Wengern, Germany to the late Ernst and Gertrud (Liebermann) Gosemann. Gertrud married Randolph R. Brown of Kittanning, Pennsylvania in Berlin Germany on May 8, 1954. He proceeded her in death on December 2, 2006.
Ohio’s Third District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for two cases at Ohio Northern University on Tuesday, March 15 in Claude W. Pettit College of Law’s Tilton Hall, Room 129. At the conclusion of arguments, which will pertain to one criminal case and one civil case, the appellate judges will take questions from the audience.
The event will be free and open to the public. Business attire is required and observers must be seated by 9:40 a.m. Court will be in session at 10 a.m.
American Red Cross is scheduling appointment for the following March blood drives in Ada:
Monday, March 21, 2022, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Visiting Nurses & Hospice, 1200 S. Main St.
Thursday, March 24, 2022 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Ohio Northern University McIntosh Center, McIntosh Center
To schedule an appointment:
Call 1-800-RED CROSS, or visit www.RedCrossBlood.org, sponsor code: AdaCommunity. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting www.RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history.
Ada Exempted Village Schools, 725 West North Avenue, will hold the March 2022 Board Of Education meeting and planning session at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2022
Board Members: Dr. Amy Mullins, President, Ronald Fleming, Matt Gossman, Ted Griffith, Steve Ramey.
