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Wednesday senior citizen meeting program on CBD oil and its uses

The Ada Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Community Health Professionals.  Kathy Jo Dove will present a program, “CBD Oil and Its Uses.”  

Those who have heard Kathy said they learned a lot about how to deal with challenges we face as our bodies are aging. 

President Cloe Cole will conduct the business meeting.  Euchre and other card and board games will follow.  Refreshments will be furnished by Judy Magee.  

Internal medicine residency program

St. Rita’s receives initial accreditation

Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center has received initial accreditation for the newly developed Internal Medicine Residency Program. 

The program is a three-year program and is approved for a total of 36 accredited resident positions. Medical student candidates will be able to apply in the fall 2019 via ERAS (interview process) and we will participate in the 2020 NRMP (match). The first class of 12 Internal Medicine residents will start on July 1, 2020.

2019 Ada-Liberty Joint Ambulance District board meetings set

The Ada-Liberty Joint Ambulance District announced its 2019 board meeting schedule.

Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. on the third Monday of the month at the EMS building, 530 N. Gilbert St., Ada.

The schedule for the remainder of 2019 follows:

March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
July 15
Aug. 19
Sept. 16
Oct. 21
Nov. 18
Dec. 16

R FARM

The Icon spotted R FARM last week in Ada during the farm conservation conference. It's on a red Chevy truck.

Here's how the Polar Bear lacrosse teams fared in North Carolina

Both ONU lacrosse teams traveled to North Carolina for spring tune-ups last week. Here’s a report on their week.

Men’s team
BREVARD, N.C. — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse program toppled NCAA Division III foe Brevard (N.C.) 15-8 at Ives-Lemel Field Saturday, concluding an undefeated Spring Break road trip to North Carolina.

With the victory, the Polar Bears improve to 4-1 overall this season. In addition, they conclude their annual Spring Break trip with a 3-0 record after defeating Guilford (N.C.) 6-4 and Pfeiffer (N.C.) 22-8 earlier this week.

Meanwhile, the Tornados move to 2-4 in 2019 after dropping their past three contests.

Purple and Gold winter guard teams have busy weekend

Purple and Gold teams compete in Flint; Gold team also competes in Kettering

Note: This story clarifies errors posted yesterday concerning the recent winter guard competition.

Ada High School had two Winter Guard teams compete in the Winter Guard International, Flint, Michigan, Regional Competition Saturday March 9.  Both guards earned the honor of participating in the finals held later that evening.

Purple team
Ada’s “Purple” team was the first to take the floor in Saturday morning preliminary competition at 9:30 a.m. in the Scholastic Regional A class with their performance “Amongst the Start!” 

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