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Blanchard Valley Hospital recognized for outstanding patient safety

Awarded “A” in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grad
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Saturday, November 5, 2016

Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2016 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections. 

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 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 graded in Fall 2016, with 844 hospitals receiving an “A.”

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Here's what you'll find on the Nov. 8 election ballot

Several Ada and Liberty Township issues on the ballot, in addition to national and state decisions
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, November 4, 2016

Ada and Liberty Township voters’ will cast ballots on a wide range of  local, state and national candidates and issues on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The Icon provides the following information about voting.
• Click here for Hardin County sample ballot.
• Ada north, Ada south and Liberty Township precinct maps are attachments at the bottom of this story.

You may vote early at the Hardin County Board of Elections, located in the Hardin County Court House, Kenton on the following schedule:

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Meanwhile, outside

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, November 4, 2016

The early lunch line up is underway at Cosi. Meanwhile, outside the window trim is getting painted.

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Tuesday's Ada Public Library levy is a renewal

It's not a new tax; typical homeowner assessed $1.66 per month
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, November 4, 2016

One of the local issues on the Nov. 8 ballot is an Ada Public Library renewal levy. The Icon held an in-depth discussion about the levy with Amanda Bennett, library director.

Icon: Why is this levy important for the Ada Public Library?
Bennett: Due to library funding cuts, libraries, through 2015, we are still functioning on the same budget schedules as they had been in the late 1990s.

Voters passed the library's first 1-mil levy for operating costs in 2012. On Nov. 8  is a renewal of that levy.

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Something planned every day in November at Vancrest

Monthly newsletter now on Ada Icon
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, November 4, 2016

Vancrest of Ada has lots of events planned in November. In fact, something takes place very day during the month according to Randy Cox, administrator.

These events and several features on Vancrest are listed in "The Ada Articles," the Vancrest monthly newsletter.

The newsletter features as employee spolight, resident spotlight, several new features coming to Vancrest plus the daily activity calendar.

Viewers may read the newsletter in a printer-friendly format in the attachment below.

 

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Art exhibit and fundraiser Saturday at Alger Public Library

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, November 4, 2016

Friends of the Alger Public Library (L-R) Marissa Osborne, President; Lydia Osborne, Secretary;  Jane Wilcox, Treasurer; Kathy Herfurth, Library Director) display the trophies and ribbons for winners and participants in the second annual SECOND EXPRESSION, a juried art exhibition and fundraiser for Hardin County Artists and the Alger Public Library held Saturday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m.

SECOND EXPRESSION was inspired by the financial need of the Alger Public Library and the desire to provide visibility and income opportunity for the artists in Hardin County. 

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