Naomi Basinger will celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday, April 13, from 2-4 p.m. with an open house at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. (No gifts please). Birthday wishes may be sent to her at: 304 Hilty Dr, Pandora OH 45877.
Naomi was born April 16, 1919, in Lafayette, Ohio, to Harry E. and Chloe (Williams) Shrider she married Orville Basinger on July 13, 1940. Orville passed away on Jan. 25, 1998. Naomi had three siblings: Donna (Ray) Long, Diamond (Bob) Klingler and Harry J (Marie) Shrider. All are deceased. Naomi had worked at Westinghouse, Lima, and retired from Triplett.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada had several students named to the Northwest Conference winter sports scholar-athlete list recently. The entire NWC list is attached at the bottom of this story.
Criteria for inclusion are that students must be a letter winner in their sport, and meet the following grade point average requirements:
Gold level 3.50 and above
Silver level 3.00 - 3.49
Basketball cheerleading: Gold - Anabel Alexander, Nora Dellifield, Emma Jameson, Kama Arn, Barrette Jones, Courtney McLaughlin
Boys basketball: Gold - Cade Mullins
Silver: Micah Cook
Frances Coral (Everett) Clum, age 94, died on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 5:10 PM at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born September 1, 1924 in Lima, Ohio to Delmar and Lucille (Swick) Everett, who preceded her in death. Frances married James Corwin Clum on September 8, 1942 and he died November 12, 1992.
The following Ada police reports were provided to the Icon by the Hardin County Sheriff’s office. They cover March 28 to April 3:
March 28
Medical emergency, Van Crest, 600 W. North Ave.
Medical emergency, Little Mexico Restaurant, 101 S. Main St.
Medical emergency, Biggs Engineering Center, 519 W. Lincoln
March 29
Extra patrol requested, 208 N. Main St.
Traffic stop, Northern View at W. Lima Ave
Investigate complaint, 328 E. Highland Ave.
Medical emergency, 203 S. Gilbert St
Medical emergency, 301 E. North Ave.
As Hardin County farmers get ready to plant this year’s corn and soybeans, crop yields from the 2018 growing season have been released from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Although these crop production numbers are based on estimates, they are used for crop insurance and government reporting purposes.
