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Jamie Wills: A passion for scrapbooking

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

By Darlene Bowers

Three baskets sit atop the refrigerator. Jamie Wills of Ada sits nearby and lays out the process;  one basket for each of her children - Mackenzie, Miranda and Macormick. Each basket temporarily holds mementos, school papers, library story-time keepsakes, ticket stubs, treasures from her family’s everyday life. The contents are then revisited piece by piece at year’s end relishing each and deciding which to include in memory albums (scrapbooks).

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ReStore Community Center has opening for a director

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

ReStore Community Center, 210 N Main St., Ada, has an opening for a director, according to Myra Berger.

 A job description is available at the community center. Resumes may be delivered there directed to the attention of Berger. The deadline to apply is March 1.Persons with questions may call call ReStore at 419.558.1015.

ReStore Community Center was started in 2006 through Ada First United Methodist Church. Today, ReStore is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides assistance for low-income individuals through federal assistance programs, clothing ministry, emergency food, financial assistance, and educational programming.

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Close your eyes and think

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

Sometimes it is best to simply close your eyes and imagine it's spring. Students at Ready, Set, Grow Pre-school is Ada are better at that than most adults. Here's a scene from the afternoon class, when they were thinking about the month of February.

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Icon scones are so simple you think part of the recipe is missing

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

Last night I watched a Miss Marple BBC movie. As the various murder plots unraveled some where in a small English tea joint scones were served. Several times.

Scones. Man, did those sound good. So, I started roaming through some bread recipe books on the shelf. The most difficult part of the process was figuring out how to spell S-C-O-N-E-S.

Once that mystery was resolved the basic scone recipe appeared on page 369. Creating scones is so simple one wonders if there’s a mistake in the recipe. Maybe a page is missing.

Not so. It’s really pretty simple. The difficult part is deciding what special ingredients to add. (more later)

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Selection process for next GROB apprenticeship program starts in March

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 17, 2014

HIGH SCHOOL GRADS GET PAID WHILE THEY LEARN IN GROB APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

Most high school juniors and seniors prepare for their future by entering college or the workforce. What few realize is that the right high school graduate can have both.

Apprenticeships can offer high school graduates opportunities to be paid while they learn. The GROB Systems, Inc., Bluffton, apprenticeship program allow apprentices to earn an associate degree and be trained to enter its highly-skilled workforce.

The next selection process for GROB’s apprentice program takes place in March. Details on the class are at the bottom of this story.

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Caromel Homan was former owner of C&H Dairy Queen, Alger

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 13, 2014

Caromel Homan, 84, died on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at 4:35 a.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on Nov. 26, 1929 in Breathitt County, Ky., to Corbett and Mary "Maggie" (Higgins) Clemons and they preceded her in death. She first married Jay Conley and he died in October of 1956. She then married on Dec. 22, 1959, Dr. John Homan and he died in November of 1982.

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