By Sarah Weihrauch, physician assistant Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology
Urinary incontinence (UI), the loss of bladder control, is a common and often embarrassing problem. An estimated 15 million adult women in the U.S. are affected by urinary incontinence.
There are different types of urinary incontinence, including stress incontinence, overflow incontinence, urge incontinence or the most common type, mixed incontinence, which is a combination of all types.
Based on action taken by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Board of Directors during a special conference call meeting on Dec. 9, OHSAA non-public schools will now have another option available to select their “designated” feeder schools for Competitive Balance rostering purposes.
The new option – specific to the Tier 1 factor in Competitive Balance – will permit non-public schools to utilize all elementary schools of the same system of education that are physically located within a 12.5-mile radius of the high school as designated feeder schools.
Birchaven Village and Independence House, divisions of Blanchard Valley Health System, have earned a Five Star Overall ranking from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Recognitions such as this are a measure of how well we are doing,” said Bridgett Mundy, Director of both facilities. “Throughout our organization we have forged a culture that inspires people to do the extraordinary every day.”
Nursing Home Compare allows consumers to compare information about long term care facilities. It contains quality of care information on over 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities in the country.
The university is looking to transition from on-air to online broadcasting, which is more in keeping with how students today access and use digital media
Ohio Northern University has signed a purchase agreement to transfer its WONB-FM radio’s FCC license (94.9 FM) and sell the use of its broadcast tower to Holy Family Radio.
The sale is pending. It is anticipated the process will take two to three months, according to the university.
The university is looking to transition from on-air to online broadcasting, which is more in keeping with how students today access and use digital media.
Watch the Icon next week for more door photos -
Adoring doors.
One of the Ada school holiday traditions is a door decorating contest, with over 30 doors competing for prizes.
The judging criteria incluees class participation, neatness, amount of the door covered, theme and creativity, and which door speaks to your holiday heart.
A three-team judging panel of David Retterer, Ada mayor, Rhett Grant, Ada Public Library director, and Fred Steiner, Ada Icon editor, chose this year’s winners, which follow:
Grand champion K-2 –Meghan Kosier
Grand champion 3-5 – Julie Burris
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Bluffton pulled away late from spunky local rival Ada to post a deceptive 60-39 Northwest Conference girls basketball win Thursday night.
The purple and gold cut Bluffton's lead to 40-33 early in the fourth quarter when sophomore guard Kirsten Poling drained a right side 17-footer.
But then the Lady Pirates reeled off 12 unanswered points to secure a 52-33 margin with just over three minutes left, sealing the verdict. Playing well in transition, Bluffton wore down short-handed Ada to win the fourth quarter by a 20-8 count.
Two ONU student athletes received all-American honors for participation in fall sports.
Chelsea Hupper - volleyball
Ohio Northern senior middle hitter Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) was named First Team Academic All-America in volleyball for 2019 in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
She becomes only the second player in ONU history to be named First Team Academic All-America and the first since Liz Schnelle in 2009.
Huppert is the only Polar Bear volleyball player to be named Academic All-America two years in a row after earning Second team honors as a junior in 2018.
If there’s an Ada school student in your home don’t be too concerned if he or she goes to school on Monday wear pajamas.
It’s the final week of the 2019 school year, and during this week, anything goes. Friday, Dec. 20, is the final school day of 2019. School opens for 2020 on Monday, Jan. 6.
Here’s the school dress code for next week:
Monday, Dec. 16
Merry Morning Monday
prepare for your long winter’s nap. Wear your favorite winter pajamas.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Tree Topper Tuesday
Wear your favorite holiday headwear…Santa hat, elf hat, antlers, Christmas hat, and so on.
