By Monty Siekerman
Melanie Butterfield, an Ambassador Level Girl Scout from Troop 20301 in Alger, has received the Gold Award, which is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Only 5% of Girl Scouts earn this award.
In order to achieve this goal Melanie had to first find a project that she was passionate about. She chose to organize a workshop for the public on Responsible Pet Ownership.
She investigated the topic thoroughly, then built a team. Her team was consisted of 2 speakers and 16 volunteers from her Girl Scout troop, her Venture Crew 601, and youth from Auglaize Bible Church. The total hours of the project were over 160 hours.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — Seniors Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) and Joey DiOrio(Columbus/Watterson) each had career-days for the Ohio Northern men's basketball team as it dropped a 101-95 decision to John Carroll in a high-scoring affair at the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears fall to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Blue Streaks improve to 7-1, 3-1.
Burger poured in a career-high 34 points to lead all scorers, while DiOrio scored a career-best 25 points for ONU.
ONU junior Jenna Dirksen (Beavercreek/Carroll) and senior Amy Bullimore(Morrow/Little Miami) led the No. 15-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team to its eighth straight victory as Northern defeated John Carroll 75-37 on Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 8-1 overall and remain perfect in the Ohio Athletic Conference at 4-0, while the Blue Streaks drop to 2-6, 0-4.
Vancrest Administrator Randy Cox will retire at the end of the year to enjoy life with his family and do more traveling and golfing. He might be considered young to retire (58) and looks even younger, but has been in the nursing home business for 37 years.
Randy spent a year deciding on staff and purchasing furniture and equipment for the nursing home in Ada prior to its opening.
By Monty Siekerman
Deb Curlis may trek through waist-deep snow in northern Michigan woods this winter or next after she retires from Community Health Professionals at the end of the month. But before she walks the deep snows at the Curlis cabin up north, she'll first be sure that the bears are hibernating.
Deb has been active in the Ada community for the past 6 years as marketing director and fundraiser coordinator for CHP, serving as Chamber of Commerce president for four years, as a member of the Buy Ada First committee, and as a Rotary Club member.
