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ADRIAN, Mich. — Freshman Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) won twice to lead the Ohio Northern men's tennis team in a 6-3 non-conference loss at Adrian (Mich.) on Wednesday afternoon at Craft Tennis Complex.

The Polar Bears see their 4-match win streak snapped and fall to 13-8, while the Bulldogs improve to 9-9.

Thai won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and combined with freshman Hoang Do(Powell/Olentangy Liberty) to win 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.

Senior Cody Hurley (Centerville) won 3-6, 7-5, 10-3 at No. 5 singles for ONU.

Blanchard Valley Hospital recognized for outstanding patient safety

Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Spring 2018 Hospital Safety Score, by the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization whose goal is to improve health care quality for consumers and purchasers.

This recognition is a reflection of how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections. BVH was one of 750 hospitals awarded with an “A.”

The Hospital Safety Score uses 27 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.

The final Parkers Presents Jazz Series will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Presser Hall. The program is free and open to the public. Preceding the concert there will be an open jam session at El Campo Restaurant at 5 p.m. with ONU jazz students and guest performers.

With chicks and goats

By Monty Siekerman
If someone can write an extremely popular book about a cat in a hat, maybe someone with imagination can write a book about chicks and goats.

Baby chicks and goats entertained kids at the Ada Public Library on Wednesday morning. Parents probably would not be serving broasted chicken for supper tonight, but goat milk may be ok.

Here, Quinn Spelman, 2, enjoys seeing the baby chick held by Natalie Walton, library youth services director.

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These are young pet goats, which may grow up to be 60 pounds at most. The two-week-old goats were brought to the Ada Public Library by Tiffany and Nate Conn.

Ada High School sophomore Nora Dellifield broke her record and the school record for girls pole vault Saturday at the Hardin Northern Invitational. Last April she broke the school record two days in a row, clearing 8’7” and 9’0”. Last weekend she cleared 9’6”.

Sneak peak prior to Saturday's library grand reopening

By Monty Siekerman
Let’s take a walk through the new addition and complete remodeling of the Ada Public Library to see what’s new prior to Saturday’s grand reopening. Ribbon cutting begins at 10:30 a.m. The celebration continues until 1:30 p.m. All are invited.

A large parking lot was constructed on the north side of the library, in an area once housing a large, brick Masonic building. Years ago the library purchased the Masonic building and lot. The area was rezoned educational nine years ago. Now it’s part and parcel of the library. The parking lot will be much more convenient and safer for patrons compared to the limited parking along Main Street.

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