By Brianne Hottinger, RN Oncology Nurse Navigator at The Armes Family Cancer Care Center
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women in the United States.
According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated there will be over 101,420 new cases of colon cancer and 44,180 new cases of rectal cancer in 2019.
The overall lifetime risk for development of colon cancer is about 1 in 22 for men and 1 in 24 for women.
Editor's Note: This article is from 2019. Please check the Icon's recent news for updates on this year's event.
Planning is underway for the Saturday, Aug. 24, Made in Ada Wison Football Fesitval, and several new events are part of the fest. Here's a summary of the day, which takes place at three different locations in Ada.
• Wilson Football factory
• Annual garage sale – kicks off the festival at 8 a.m.
Kara Dilts of Fredericktown, earned the 2019 Catherine Freed Outstanding Senior Female Leadership and Service Award from Ohio Northern University.
Dilts, who attended Fredericktown High School, graduated from ONU this spring with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
During her college career, Dilts made a lasting impact on the campus and local communities through her work with ONU outreach efforts.
Dilts was actively involved with the “Ada Friends” program that is sponsored by ONU’s religious life program. In this endeavor, she served as a mentor for a local youth and also was coordinator of the program.
That's one large turtle. Elanor Hernandez reaches down to touch it while her sister, Evalyn, waits her turn. The two are granddaughters of Dave and Deb Retterer. The turtle was part of an exotic zoo program on June 4 as part of the summer Ada Public Library reading program.
Rob Martin, the chief and director of Hanco EMS, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), is the recipient of the Ohio Association of Community Behavioral Health Authorities’ (OACBHA) 2019 CARES Award.
This award is given annually to first responders and frontline workers who go above and beyond in helping individuals, families and their communities deal with the adverse effects of Ohio’s opiate epidemic.
Rob was nominated and selected for this award by members of the Opioid and Addictions Task Force for his tireless efforts to proactively respond to our local opioid crisis.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) have named senior baseball player Caleb Thomas (Strongsville) a First-Team CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American at the designated hitter position for the 2019 season, the national office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas is now a two-time CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America selection after receiving Second-Team accolades during his junior season in 2018. With the announcement, the senior also becomes the first player in program history to receive First-Team Academic All-America kudos.
