Debbie Annette Allsup, 60, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at 7:52 a.m. at her residence in Alger, Ohio.
She was born on Feb. 28, 1959, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Leon and Hazel (Wicker) Hicks. She married Wally Allsup, who preceded her in death on April 24, 2010.
Debbie worked for Wal-Mart in Findlay as an Educator. She attended Lima Senior High School and was a member of the Ada Full Gospel Pentecostal Church of God. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and friends; she enjoyed painting, gardening and her work at Wal-Mart.
Enjoy a meal at Viva Maria's next week and you will help the United Way of Hardin County.
The popular Ada restaurant will participated in the Hardin County "All Out for United Way" from 4 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to Phyllis Griffith of the United Way.
Viva Maria will give a portion of their proceeds that evening to United Way of Hardin County. Funds will benefit 22 partner agencies.
Earlier this month Enrique Cabrera, manager of El Campo Mexican Restaurant, Ada, welcomed patrons for the first “All Out “for this year’s campaign for United Way of Hardin County.
The American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign is coming to Ada on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The Red Cross will be going through several Ada neighborhoods on Saturday, Nov. 2, starting at 9 a.m. to install smoke alarms at no cost in homes that need them and teach people about what they can do now to be prepared should a fire break out in their home.
Joining the Red Cross will be the Ohio Northern University Greek Life students.
“Installing smoke alarms cuts the risk of someone dying from a home fire in half, so we’re joining with groups from across our community to install smoke alarms,” said Todd James, Executive Director of the North Central Ohio Chapter.
Track and field practice in 2020 will begin earlier than in previous seasons.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association this week announced by an 8-0 vote, its board approved a proposal from the Ohio Association of Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches to move the start date for track and field practice for the 2020 season to Feb. 24, 2020.
That date coincides with the practice start date of softball, baseball and lacrosse.
Remember your own show and tell days? It continues in school today. Here are five students from Ready, Set, Grow Preschool sharing objects during this favorite time in the school day.
S. Mark "Buck" Albright, 61, died Oct. 20, 2019, at Sanford Health in Bismarck, North Dakota. Mark was born May 23, 1958, in Elwood, Indiana, to the late Dale and Doris (Edds) Albright. On Nov. 22, 1995, he married Debra Garrison Albright who survives.
Mark graduated from Bluffton High School where he played football and wrestled and attended Ohio University. He was a communication engineer for Charter Communications, co-owned Albright's Antiques with his wife, and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Bluffton.
