Alumni, faculty and students from the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University received numerous awards and honors during the 134rd Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, from April 20-22.
President Harold Friesner called the 29th meeting of the 2011–2012 Kiwanis year to order at 12:05 p.m. in McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University, Ada.
The Invocation was offered by Kiwanian Jon Umphress.
The birthday of member Al Baillis, (May 11th 88 years young) was celebrated in song.
The membership anniversary of Jon Umphress, May 6, 1997 (15 years) was noted.
The wedding anniversary of Jeff & Anne Schulman, (May 7th) was also noted.
Member Accomplishments: Mark Shull and Bill Fuller were at the meeting to tell us about their recent endeavors in the hospital.
Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2012 on Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. At the Senior Honor Awards ceremony on May 16, it was announced that Christopher Beaschler, Mackenzie Fell and Matthew Gray have earned the honor of Co-Valedictorians, while Lindsay Simmons was named Salutatorian.
Christopher C. Beaschler is the son of Ron and Christy Beaschler of Ada. He will be attending the University of Dayton where he will be majoring in engineering. As a student at Ada High School, Christopher has been an active member of student council, National Honor Society, FFA, Language Club and Sophomore Youth Leadership.
Today we took the entire group to a barrio clinic in a community called Las Carerras de Sosa. All of the students –- engineering, nursing, everyone – went along.
I had a great time sharing a bit about the Dominican people and culture.