By Stephanie Fox
Navy Office of Community Outreach
Navy stories include 3rd-generation enlisted sailor from Ada
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Ada native Cole East is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission at Strategic Communications Wing One (STRATCOMMWING ONE), in a mission provides airborne communication links to nuclear missile units of U.S. Strategic Command.
Leah E. Casey, 2017 Allen East High School graduate and formerly of Ada, recently earned a Master of Studies in English “With Distinction” from The Queen’s College, The University of Oxford, England.
Casey is currently employed full time at Shearman and Sterling LLP, an international law firm in Manhattan, where she is preparing for law school.
Ohio Northern University 2022 engineering graduate Andrew Cochran, an accomplished tennis player, has been selected to receive a coveted $10,000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Cochran, who graduated from ONU this spring with a degree in electrical engineering, was a four-year member of the men's tennis team.
On Tuesday, July 26, Ada Cub Scout Pack 124 drew a dozen or so youngsters to a meeting introducing them to scouting. The kid-magnet was the Raingutter Regatta, a friendly competition to see who could sail a tiny catamaran down a length of raingutter with lung power alone.
Prospective scouts and younger siblings tested their lungs and aim, often finding the task harder than it might sound. Many brought boats with custom paint work. The kids cheered each other on and suggested tips on technique when sails went sideways.
UPDATED 6:30 p.m. July 27: An incomplete version of this article was initially posted on Wednesday morning.
By Paula McKibben for the Bluffton Police Department
“I want to be the officer who takes care of the other officers,” commented Corporal Lonny Kent when asked why he chose this time to retire from the Bluffton Police Department.
Graduating from Ada High School in 1977, he obviously is not old by today’s standards, but after 31 years on the job, he does not want others worrying about him because of his age while he is on the job.
