Elearea M. Roberts, 80, died on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at 5:27 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.
She was born on April 24, 1933 in Breathitt County, Kentucky, to Add and Flora (Carpenter) Marshall, who preceded her in death. In 1962 she married Orva Roberts and he died in 1996.
She was a homemaker and she retired from Wilson Sporting Goods of Ada after working for 18 years. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of Alger.
ONU student Tyler Bernardy and his Ada "friend" Devin Boben create a Christmas ornament during Sunday's "Ada Friends" Christmas party. Bernardy s a sophomore from Wooster.
ONU students Jerrod Amstutz and Austin Hilverding, co-coordinators of Ada Friends, hosted Ada's biggest Christmas party on Sunday.
Ada Friends matches Ada kindergarteners through eighth graders with an Ohio Northern University student mentor.
On Sunday you might say the two students played a bit of Santa during the Friends Christmas party.
They helped over 90 ONU students and their elementary matches enjoy Christmas as they decorated cookies, – 17 dozen in all - wrote letters to Santa, created Christmas tree ornaments, pinned a nose on Rudolph and watched a Christmas movie. The two-hour party took place in McIntosh Center at ONU.
The always-popular sale of the new (2014) Bulldog Cards began this week by students of the Ada Music Department.
This year’s version of the discount card offers free food and other money-saving offers at Ada, Kenton, Bluffton and Lima area restaurants and businesses. This year’s card includes more offers than ever before, and an attractive new design.
Merchants featured on this year’s card include:
• Norada Lanes, 3 Brothers Pizza, Little Mexico, Reichert’s clothing store, Northern on Main/Starbucks Coffee Café, Jalapenos Mexican Grill
