According to Ada resident LeAnn Pryor, BBBS of West Central Ohio program director, the common denominators among Littles are single-parent families and a lower income. Still, there are many unique reasons for participation.
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By Barbara Lockard
What do kids from lower income, single-parent families have in common?According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, they all possess an incredible gift … potential!
“Big Brothers Big Sisters of America defends, inspires and ignites the potential of youth every day,” is the opening line of a public service announcement for the organization.
Logan Conrad, senior, is the January Ada HS Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month. The Icon took this opportunity to sit down with him and have a 15-minute interview, which follows:
Icon: How many years have you attended Ada? Logan: I started here as a freshman.
Icon: What’s your class schedule? Logan: Psychology/Sociology, economics, physics, study hall, CAD II, AP English 12, calculus, study hall.
Bruce Neely, funeral director and owner of Hanson-Neely Funeral Home of Ada and Alger, has announced his retirement after serving the Ada community for nearly 46 years.
A retirement community open house takes place at the funeral home, 311 E. Lima Ave., Ada, from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Dec. 27.
“Since serving area communities from January of 1974 it is with mixed emotions that I announce my retirement,” he said.
While Santa Claus moves around, for 27 years he and Mrs. C lived in Ada. We caught up with him on Christmas Eve and posed these important questions to him. He is also known as Richard Gainey on the other 364 days of the year.
Icon: Where in Florida do you reside?
Santa Gainey: Fernandina Beach. When entering the State of Florida from Georgia we are the first two exits.
Madison Wright, an Ada High School senior, was born on Dec. 25, 2001. Not knowing too many people with a Christmas Day birthday, we were curious ow she spends the day. Here’s part of our interview:
Click here to read Bluffton Icon's interview with Eden Nygaard, a Bluffton HS junior, who also has a Dec. 25 birthday.
Icon: What’s your first-ever birthday you can remember?
Madison: This is a hard one. I might have been around 4 or 5 and we went to Disney World for Christmas. I remember watching the Christmas parade on my birthday.
Illinois native Patty Navin may be new to Ada village government, but not to village and city finances.
On Oct. 14 she became fiscal officer and clerk for the village. And, while in a local learning curve, her background in municipal finance makes her fit for Ada perfect.
As a CPA, who had a career in auditing and municipal government, she said, “You have to know a little bit of everything (in village governance),” about her new position.
“Everything” means financial statements, payroll, working with appropriations, and, serving as clerk for the Village of Ada, keeping minutes of council meetings.
