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BVH recognized for outstanding patient safety – Awarded “A” Grade

Measures how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, November 2, 2017

Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2017 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

The Hospital Safety Score uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were assigned scores in Fall 2017.

To see how Blanchard Valley Hospital’s score compares locally and nationally, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

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Ada to play in first Border Battle holiday hoop tourney

Along with Allen East, Upper Scioto Valley and Waynesfield-Goshen
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 2, 2017

By Cort Reynolds

WAYNESFIELD - The Ada boys' and girls' basketball teams will compete in the inaugural "Border Battle" holiday basketball tournament Dec. 28-30 at Waynesfield-Goshen High School.

Local rivals Ada, Allen East, Upper Scioto Valley and host W-G will compete in the four-team tournaments, with eight games taking place over three days between the school's boys and girls varsity squads.

The event will culminate in the girls and boys title contests Saturday evening, Dec. 30.

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Roaring into regionals and more

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 2, 2017

AHS Volleyball coach Melissa Gossard (right) introduces team members at a pep rally this afternoon. A boisterous pep rally at the end of the Ada school day on Thursday recognized the tournament play of volleyball tonight, tournament play of football on Friday night, and band and color guard for their successes this year and the all-day Music Feast on Saturday. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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All the music you can eat - Saturday at AHS

Varsity Singer exhibition is free
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, November 2, 2017

The long-running and popular Ada High School Music Feast is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in the school auditorium.

The show choir competition begins with River Valley at 9:30 a.m. Ada Varsity Singers perform at 1:45 p.m. Evening finals competition begins at 5:30 p.m. Awards will be handed out at 9 p.m.

CLICK HERE for the performance schedule.

Seven of the top show choirs in the state will be here. Each show choir of singer/dancers performs a set of songs between 15-20 minutes in length.
Tickets for the 40th annual Music Feast are available at the door.

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Women's soccer advances to championship game

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, November 2, 2017

Sophomore Meagan Grierson (Miamisburg) stopped three of five Otterbein penalty kicks to help the No. 13-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team advance to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championships match during Wednesday afternoon's semifinal matchup at Kerscher Stadium.

The contest goes down as a tie as the top-seed Polar Bears move to 16-1-2 overall and the fourth-seeded Cardinals move to 13-4-2.

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Sheriff's Office receives grant to reduce impaired driving.

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, November 2, 2017

The Hardin County Sheriff's Office has received a $29,000 grant from the federal government to pay overtime to deputies and related expenses for traffic enforcement, especially impaired driving.

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