Note: Ada's next blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 25, at Community Health Professionals.
By Barbara Lockard
At a jewelry party in 1984, a woman asked Chris Gibson why she wasn’t working with the local Red Cross. Gibson gave it some thought and applied to be a volunteer. The rest is truly history.
At age 87, Gibson has logged 35 years as Ada’s Bloodmobile coordinator. She’ll turn over the volunteer position to Mary Hackworth this month.
“I’ll be around at the November and January blood drives,” said Gibson. “But I’ll only step in if I’m needed.”
Lifelong Ada resident Pauline Shadley is the November Vancrest spotlight resident, and she well deserves the honor.
In case you don’t know Pauline, she is an assisted living resident at Vancrest and is an Ada High School and Ohio Northern University graduate, having graduated with a degree in education.
What you may not know about her is that she played basketball all through her school days, making that her favorite sport.
She spent her professional career teaching fourth grade in Perry schools, Allen County.
An Ohio Northern University alumnae, Holli Underwood of Ridgeway, is the new president/ CEO and economic development director of the Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance.
Her appointment was made Friday by Brandt Miller, Hardin chamber board chair.
Miller said, “We are very excited to welcome Holli with her vast local knowledge, outstanding leadership abilities, exceptional communication experience and the passion for our community to the Alliance.
"Holli’s experience in human resources, bookkeeping, marketing and corporate communications will allow her to continue to advance the mission of the Alliance, for many years to come.”
Photos of each Ada class of third graders with their dictionaries is at the bottom of this story.
ˈdɪk·ʃəˌner·i/ – A book that lists words with their meanings given in the same or in another language, and often includes other information. Dictionaries contains a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings, or gives a word for them in another language.
Each third grader in Ada, Hardin Northern and Upper Scioto Valley received a personal copy of this word book today thanks to the Ada Rotary Club.
Ada third grade teachers are Sheri Burnett, Julie Stavenger and Brittany Daniels.
Ohio Northern University alumnae Madelyn Lowery, a life-long Hardin County resident, is one of five inductees in this year’s Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame, according to Mark Badertscher of the extension office.
She joins Dean and Barbara Dulin, Fred Rarey and Mark Watkins in the 17th annual hall of fame recognition banquet, held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 3, at St. John’s Evangelical Church, Kenton.
Seven people were winners in this fall's Ada Music Booster fundraising raffle, according to Amy spar of the boosters. This year's prize money totaled $1,100.
The winners are:
$500 - Karen Jochims
$200 - Julie Hurtig
$150 - Linda Fleming
$100 - Jeanne Long
$75 - Claudia Madison
$50 - Meg Powell
$25 - Camille Hesse
