Hannah Smith of Cincinnati has received the 2020 Catherine Freed Outstanding Senior Female Leadership and Service Award from Ohio Northern University. Smith, a graduate of McAuley High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio Northern this spring.
The following notice is from the estate of Dr. DeBow Freed:
The Estate of Dr. DeBow Freed regretfully announces that the memorial service scheduled for June 23, 2020, at West Point is postponed.
Unfortunately, due to the uncertainty the Covid-19 pandemic has created, a new date cannot yet be set.
DeBow Freed held many roles, but underneath them all he was a scientist. His decision-making process was to gather and carefully consider all information before proceeding. His decisions were thoughtful, thorough, and unhurried. We will do as he would and follow the science to know when it is safe to reschedule the service.
The Liberty Bells and Boys Meeting of May 19th, 2020 started at 7 p.m. on a zoom meeting.The meeting opened with the pledges led by Maylene.No treasurer’s report. We had an election of officers and voted by zoom polling.
Election results:
President: Madison Archer
Vice President: Selena Jordan
Secretary: Evalyn Hernandez
Treasurer: Kylie Nash
Reporter: Aliyah Kober
Health: Kylee Kober
Safety: Collin Brown
Citizenship: Rey Hurley
Stella M. Dyer, 84, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 1:52 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on Dec. 4, 1935, in Breathitt County, Kentucky, to the late Noah and Martha (Hollon) Rowe. On Dec. 7, 1953, Stella married Frank Dyer and he survives in Alger.
Stella was a homemaker. She was a member of the Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, Alger. She loved her children and family more than anything in the world. She enjoyed going to Flea Markets with Vickie Jo. She and Frank were avid travelers and she especially enjoyed taking special vacations with her sisters.
By Colleen Abrams, Infections Preventionist
Blanchard Valley Health System
Proper hand hygiene is the number one way to prevent the spread of infection, any time of the year. This is particularly important during winter months.
According to the Ohio Department of Health, this flu season alone, there have been over 5,400 influenza-related hospitalizations in Ohio. You can take measures to prevent illness at any time of the year by taking the following minimum measures every day:
Ada Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds, has an article he wrote posted this week on the SB Nation, Celtics blog.
The article title is "Remembering Gerald Henderson’s overlooked contributions to the Celtics’ epic 1984 championship." The article was posted as part of "Underdog Week" on the SB National family of websites.
