The Community Health Assessment Advisory Committee and the Kenton Hardin Health Department invites the community to the public release of the Hardin County Community Assessment Report, on Monday, June 3,, from 9 a.m. to noon.
This report contains information gathered from Hardin County residents on health related areas and compiles information on the health of our community.
The event is led by Emily Golias from the Hospital Foundation of Northwest Ohio. She will summarize data results and conduct a focus group to assist with identification of Hardin communities priority needs.
Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) announces it has been recognized as a recipient of the Platinum Governor’s Award for Excellence by The Partnership for Excellence (TPE), a Baldrige-based awards program for Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana.
This is the highest-level Excellence Award TPE offers, and BVHS is the only health system to have received it this year.
BVHS prepared and submitted a 50-page application based on the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. The information covered BVHS leadership, strategic planning, customers, workforce, operations and results.
The Voices of Ohio, choral group, will return to Ada to perform in a 7 p.m., Saturday, May 18, concert at First United Methodist Church.
Melanie Caw Woods, member of the church, is also a member of the choir.
This is the choir’s second performance in Ada. At the suggestion of Melanie, the choir earlier performed a benefit concert for the church after its building burned to the ground on March 12, 2012.
That concert raised over $5,000 toward the rebuilding of the church building.
By all accounts, the new James Lehr Kennedy Engineering Building will have a transformative effect on the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. Opening in fall 2019, the 105,000-square-foot facility will be nearly twice the size of the Biggs Engineering Building and will feature space for collaboration, class projects and community-building, helping ONU remain on the cutting edge of engineering education.
Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Today’s world is a busy one. Our lives are even busier. It’s natural to crave an energy boost to help you get more done. But can some energy boosts have negative health effects?
Coffee is an ever-popular go-to. Tea is big among those who don’t prefer coffee. And energy drinks have been gaining popularity for some time now. But newer to the market is the so-called “all-natural energy beverage.”
