The ever-growing Ada Area Chamber of Commerce – now at 87 members – recognized new members during the July 17 chamber breakfast at the Ada Public Library.
Deb Curlis chamber director introduced new members:
• Tracy Scalfara, Ada Physical Therapy
• Ladonna Roys and Lynn Rainsburg, L&L Designs
• Melissa Ridinger, Blanchard Place Assisted Living, Kenton
• Rhonda Crouse, King Thompson Realtors
• Dan Newkirk Heapy Engineers, Findlay
Also recognized were Amanda Morrison and Mark Southward of Streamline Insurance for their new office on North Main Street. An open house for the new location was later that day.
Note: Laura Selvidio's parents, David Earl and Kathy (Binkley) Earl, are both Ada High School graduates. Her grandmother, Donna Binkley, lives in Ada.
“I enjoy bringing life into the world. It’s amazing,” Laura Selvidio, nurse midwife, says about her profession.
Earlier this month she became the second nurse midwife to join the staff of Blanchard Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bluffton.
Selvidio, a certified nurse midwife (CNM), practiced in Georgia and Alaska since 2015 prior to coming to Bluffton. She joins another nurse midwife, Missy Moore, on the staff. Selvidio is in the Bluffton office four days each week.
During this excessive heat warning, the Ada Public Library will be open Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"We have the air conditioner cranked down to 68 degrees and cold bottles of water. Stop in, cool off, and use our free WiFi," says Rhett Grant, library director.
The following lane changes are planned next week on Interstate 75 as it passes around Findlay.
Interstate 75 northbound between the county Road 313 overpass and U.S. 68/state Route 15 will be shifted into a contraflow pattern overnight Tuesday, July 23, into the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 24.
When the shift is complete, two 11-foot lanes of northbound traffic will travel on the southbound side of highway in that area, next to the two lanes of southbound traffic, to allow construction activities to begin on the northbound side of the highway.
Blanchard Valley Medical Practices welcomes Joshua Ebel, MD to the team at Blanchard Valley Urology Associates. Dr. Ebel offers a variety of both surgical and non-surgical treatments for disorders of the male and female urinary tract.
Dr. Ebel completed undergraduate studies at Miami University (Oxford, OH) before pursuing his medical degree, surgical internship, and urology residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital (Columbus, OH).
Two houses on Highland, just west of First United Methodist Church, are being razed this week. The church owns the two properties and intends to add parking there.
