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Lori Thomas joins Vancrest Ada as dietary manager

Allen East grad holds a degree in healthcare administration
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 5, 2020

Lori Thomas recently joined Vancrest Ada as its new dietary manager. She is in the featured employee of the January Vancrest newsletter.

Lori is a long-time area resident, having graduated from Allen East High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Phoenix.

Prior to joining the Vancrest staff, she was employed in dietary management for eight years at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s and for over five years at dietary manager at Lima Memorial Hospital.

She and her husband, Tim, live in the Waynesfield community.

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John Neville: "Our mentors are the heroes"

National Mentoring Month focus - recruiting mentors to help realize the potential in youth from Hardin, Putnam and Allen counties
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 3, 2020

According to Ada resident LeAnn Pryor, BBBS of West Central Ohio program director, the common denominators among Littles are single-parent families and a lower income.  Still, there are many unique reasons for participation.
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By Barbara Lockard
What do kids from lower income, single-parent families have in common?According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, they all possess an incredible gift … potential! 

“Big Brothers Big Sisters of America defends, inspires and ignites the potential of youth every day,” is the opening line of a public service announcement for the organization.

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15 minutes with Logan Conrad

January Ada HS Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Logan Conrad, senior, is the January Ada HS Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative student of the month. The Icon took this opportunity to sit down with him and have a 15-minute interview, which follows:

Icon: How many years have you attended Ada?
Logan: I started here as a freshman.

Icon: What’s your class schedule?
Logan: Psychology/Sociology, economics, physics, study hall, CAD II, AP English 12, calculus, study hall.

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Retirement open house for Bruce

He served the community for 46 years; reception is 10 a.m. to noon Friday
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 26, 2019

Bruce Neely, funeral director and owner of Hanson-Neely Funeral Home of Ada and Alger, has announced his retirement after serving the Ada community for nearly 46 years.

A retirement community open house takes place at the funeral home, 311 E. Lima Ave., Ada, from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Dec. 27.

“Since serving area communities from January of 1974 it is with mixed emotions that I announce my retirement,” he said.  

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Say, that guy in the red suit looks familiar

Could Santa Claus be former Ada resident Richard Gainey incognito?
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 24, 2019

While Santa Claus moves around, for 27 years he and Mrs. C lived in Ada. We caught up with him on Christmas Eve and posed these important questions to him. He is also known as Richard Gainey on the other 364 days of the year.

Icon: Where in Florida do you reside?
Santa Gainey: Fernandina Beach. When entering the State of Florida from Georgia we are the first two exits.

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Madison Wright blows out her birthday candles on Dec. 25

She knows all about Christmas birthdays
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Madison Wright, an Ada High School senior, was born on Dec. 25, 2001. Not knowing too many people with a Christmas Day birthday, we were curious ow she spends the day. Here’s part of our interview:

Click here to read Bluffton Icon's interview with Eden Nygaard, a Bluffton HS junior, who also has a Dec. 25 birthday.

Icon: What’s your first-ever birthday you can remember? 
Madison: This is a hard one. I might have been around 4 or 5 and we went to Disney World for Christmas. I remember watching the Christmas parade on my birthday. 

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