Brenda L. Kohli, 57, died May 9, 2015, at 8:45 a.m. at Richland Manor, Bluffton. She was born Oct. 26, 1957, in Bluffton to the late Theodore "Ted" and Shirley (Weyer) Kohli.
She had most recently worked as an inserter for the Findlay Publishing Company. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton. She was a musician and song writer where she played at numerous coffee shops. She attended Bluffton High School.
Having problems finding a Mother's Day gift. Aphaphanh Nussbaum, Ten Thousand Villages manager, suggests a colorful "throw." The examples she's holding are recycled saris created by women in Bengladesh.
A borrowed sawhorse that was broken, and replaced, without the director knowing what had happened. A dead character wheeled off on a dolly, to applause, during a scene change. A rented backdrop coming down during a change and winding up in a pile on the floor backstage during the show.
Those were just a few of the memories—most humorous, others more serious—evoked on May 2 for current and past directors of Bluffton University’s May Day theatrical productions, which date to 1915.
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The story of a house fire south of Ada on Monday evening is unraveling into a tragedy on several levels.
The fire resulted in the discovery of the existence of an active methamphetamine (meth) lab. In addition, one person is in critical condition. Another is charged with complicity to illegal manufacturing of drugs, and four juveniles are placed in custody of Children’s Services.
Ada’s fire department responded to a 6:30 p.m. fire alarm at 4781 State Route, Apartment A, south of Ada, on May 4.
