2019 was a busy year for the Ada-Liberty Township Joint EMS.
Tom Miller, EMS chief, provide the Icon with several year-end stats, which follow:
The department received 527 911 calls in 2019 or nearly 1.5 calls in each 24-hour period. Of those calls the highest day of the week included Saturdays and Mondays, which received nearly 16 percent of all calls. Sundays were the lowest call day with 10 percent of the calls.
The 527 calls in 2019 was 60 lower than 2018.
Miller broke down the calls by type – description of the 911 caller:
12.3 % - Breathing issues
7 % - Chest pain
6.6% - Traffic accidents
7 % - General illness
"Fifty Shades of Earl Grey a Study of Teacups and Tea" is among works in the ONU Department of Art & Design faculty exhibit this month on campus. Melissa Eddings-Mancuso, associate professor of art, created the tea cup exhibit. It is one of several works from Ohio Northern University Department of Art & Design faculty on display in the Elzay Gallery of Art in the Wilson Art Center until Feb. 28.
Interviewed by Liza Dyachuk Your name: Hyo Jeong Joo English pronunciation: Jules Your nationality: South Korean Year at ONU: Sophomore Major at ONU: English literature
Icon: How did you hear about ONU?
Hyo Jeong: After I’d made a decision to study abroad, I was given the list of universities that I could choose from. I noticed that ONU had a lot of English major classes. I really wanted to improve my English and knew, as Ada is a very small village, there wouldn’t be a lot of Koreans, so I gave it a try.
Applications are being accepted for the 2019 Citizens Sheriff’s Academy offered by the Hardin County Sheriff and Ada native Keith Everhart.
The academy takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m., on consecutive Thursdays from March 5 to April 16, at the sheriff’s office, 1025 S. Main St., Kenton.
The academy offers participants with a working knowledge of the sheriff’s office. It covers various aspects of the sheriff’s responsibilities via classroom discussion and hands-on participation.
Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson will provide an update on the current state of the opioid crisis in Ohio during a brown-bag seminar at noon Monday, Feb. 10, in the McIntosh Center Wishing Well at Ohio Northern University.
The event, which is sponsored by the Northern Opioid Alliance, is free and open to the public.
Gilson has been the director of the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner and Crime Laboratory since 2011. He has previously served as chief medical examiner for the State of Rhode Island as well as a deputy chief medical examiner for the City of New York, state of New Hampshire, and state of Connecticut.
