Bob McCurdy was among donors at Monday's Red Cross blood drive at Community Health Professionals. We asked to him estimate the number of quarts or gallons he has given in his lifetime. He answered: "I don't know. I used to have a card that provided that information. Let's just say I'm a donor since college." We can only imagine the total gallons.
By Barbara Lockard
Caitlyn Stover is majoring in criminal justice with minors in forensic science and psychology at the University of Findlay (UF); however, the Ada High School graduate is rounding up cattle, goats and poultry instead of computer hackers and home invaders.
At the recent FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Stover received the American Degree, the highest honor the agricultural organization awards.
Photos and preview by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The youthful Ada girls basketball program looks to continues climbing upward under second-year head coach Morgan Bass.
Seven letter winners and four starters are back with no seniors on the roster. A key freshman also joins the team to help Ada accelerate its rebuild and improve on last season's 1-21 overall record (0-8 in Northwest Conference).
Despite their record, the girls battled hard all season and gained vital experience and character.
Liberty National Bank announces one staff retirement and one new employee this week, according to Ronald L. Zimmerly, Jr., bank president and CEO.
Joyce Rostorfer
Joyce Rostorfer, assistant vice president, mortgage and consumer lender in the Kenton has announced her retirement.
Rostorfer joined the bank in 2012 and has been in banking since 1973. She is the daughter of retired Kenton Fire Chief Frank Fields and Ruth Fields. After graduating from Kenton High School, she attended Bowling Green State University. She worked at The Metropolitan Bank of Lima for 2 1/2 years. Joyce then pursued her banking career for the next two years in Florida.
Mary S. Wireman, 91, died on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at 11:03 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada.
She was born on Jan. 3, 1928, in Hueysville, Kentucky, to the late William H. and Laura (Whitaker) Smith. On Aug. 24, 1946, Mary married Robert B. Wireman and he preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 1985.
Mary was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of God, Alger.
