Rita M. Rowe, age 79, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 11:36 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
Rita was born March 12, 1943 in Burlington, KY to the late Forest and Ethel (Quicksall) Sexton. On April 26, 1960, Rita married Kelly L. Rowe and he preceded her in death on July 15, 1988.
"Come and meet those dancing feet / On the avenue I'm taking you to / The Forty-Second Street." April 9 is the first performance of the musical 42nd Street at The Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Visit https://www.onu.edu/freed to purchase tickets. PHOTO from Ohio Northern University
Ada Exempted Village Schools text message reminder on April 8:
Doors will open and dinner will be served for the Ada Athletic Boosters Reverse Raffle tomorrow (4/9) from 6 to 7 p.m. The main entrance will be the door on the far left side of the building.
The raffle will begin at 7 p.m. No physical tickets were mailed out this year. The boosters will have printed check-in lists at the event and posted online.
There will be many fun games, activities and drawings so please bring cash to participate. The boosters would like to thank the community for their support of our student athletes and athletic programs!
By Andrea Sattler, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
*Through a collaboration between Blanchard Valley Health System and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the content of this article was provided courtesy of Nationwide’s 700 Children’s® blog by pediatric experts.
On the morning of April 8, an estimated 2,000 mourners came to pay their respects to Dominic M. “Dom” Francis, 42, a Bluffton police officer who was killed in the line of duty on March 31. Family, friends, colleagues and Cory-Rawson students gathered at Bluffton University’s Sommer Center to remember and mourn Francis, while the larger community of first responders from Ohio and beyond paid tribute to one who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting the public.
Prior to the service, Allen County Sheriff Matthew Treglia held a press conference on questions regarding the day’s events. The investigation of Francis’s death was not addressed. News teams from across the state were present and the service was livestreamed at https://boxcast.tv/channel/jgei2o5q5rjqiprrxqm3.