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Jamie Hall will serve as CIC presidents in 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Jami Hall, Ada’s assistant village administrator, was elected president of the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) at CIC’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 20.

Hall replaces Jim Meyer, Ada village administrator, who served as CIC president for several years. Meyer is now vice-president of CIC. Eileen Peterman was elected secretary and Angela Polachek, treasurer.

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Liberty's United Way pledge totals over $5,000

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Ronald Zimmerly, president and CEO of Liberty National Bank, presented a $5,071.20 check to the United Way of Hardin County, on Jan. 11.

Zimmerly gave the check to Darlene Foreman, executive director of the United Way. It totals Liberty Bank's employees' 2016 pledges to United Way. This year the pledges increased by 7 percent from last year.

 

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AnnaMae Lawrence 1942-2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

AnnaMae C. Lawrence (Brundage), 73, died on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at 2:08 a.m. at her residence in Ada, while surrounded by her family.
          
She was born on July 7, 1942, in Orange County, Newburgh, N.Y., to Everett Lauren and Mildred A. (Brewster) Brundage. Her father (1967) and her mother (1985) preceded her in death. On Nov. 20, 1970 she married Donald M. Lawrence who preceded her in death on Feb. 12, 1997.

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Pharmacy professor honored with New Investigator Award

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, an assistant professor of pharmacology pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University, is among 14 recipients of New Investigator Awards announced by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) on Jan. 14.

His research project, “Brain kappa opioid receptors and aversive effects of nicotine,” investigates the role of kappa opioid receptors in specific brain regions, thus advancing the understanding of the neural circuitry mediating the aversive effects of nicotine and providing a novel target for future smoking-cessation medications.

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Can't decide where we last met

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

"I know you, but I just can't place your name or decide where we last met." Any viewer with this same feeling needs to know this: This face gazes from the front window of Gallery for the Arts, on Main Street, Ada. The Icon came face-to-face with this charming person recently in a walk downtown.

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Betty Plummer was active in many Ada organizations; elected to Alumni Assn. Hall of Honor

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Betty Jane Plummer, 92, died on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at 5:15 a.m. at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.

She was born on March 13, 1923, in Hancock County, Ohio to Michael and Desda (Charlton) Doersam who preceded her in death. On May 28, 1940, she married Joe S. Plummer and he died on Jan. 21, 2006.

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