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Ada was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the second youngest of six children with three older brothers, one older and one younger sister. She was athletic, excelling in speed skating and other winter sports-including hockey and running across rubber ice during the spring thaw. She loved her Scottish roots, including shortbread, Scottish dancing and the bagpipes. Ada worked in a Fort Saskatchewan dental office in her teenage years, and throughout her life kept the Canadian tradition of serving tea. She was a consummate hostess and loved sharing an elegant table. She completed college in Vancouver, B.C., and as a traveling nurse met her future husband, Dave Dorn, whom she married Dec. 14, 1953. They spent 67 wonderful years together, which included travel to all continents and living abroad, often wearing their signature world map jackets and making lifelong friends. She maintained her interests in nursing and health although transitioned to full-time homemaker after marri ....
Cities struggle to recruit and retain officers amid increasing crime Demonstrators and officers at the police headquarters in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Associated Press/Photo by Charlie Riedel (file) The majority of employees at the Brookline, Mass., police department have considered leaving in recent weeks, some after decades of service, according to an anonymous survey conducted between Feb. 22 and March 6. It found 86 percent of respondents described morale as “poor.” “My family members were proud to work for the town,” one respondent said. “Now, all of us can’t wait to retire/leave.” Many cited internal issues, like a lack of leadership, poor pay, and increasing workloads. Another common complaint was lack of support from the community and its leaders. “Why would any officer want to stay here when the citizens march against us in the streets for something that happened in the country so far away?” another ....