Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center has received initial accreditation for the newly developed Internal Medicine Residency Program.
The program is a three-year program and is approved for a total of 36 accredited resident positions. Medical student candidates will be able to apply in the fall 2019 via ERAS (interview process) and we will participate in the 2020 NRMP (match). The first class of 12 Internal Medicine residents will start on July 1, 2020.
Both ONU lacrosse teams traveled to North Carolina for spring tune-ups last week. Here’s a report on their week.
Men’s team
BREVARD, N.C. — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse program toppled NCAA Division III foe Brevard (N.C.) 15-8 at Ives-Lemel Field Saturday, concluding an undefeated Spring Break road trip to North Carolina.
With the victory, the Polar Bears improve to 4-1 overall this season. In addition, they conclude their annual Spring Break trip with a 3-0 record after defeating Guilford (N.C.) 6-4 and Pfeiffer (N.C.) 22-8 earlier this week.
Meanwhile, the Tornados move to 2-4 in 2019 after dropping their past three contests.
Note: This story clarifies errors posted yesterday concerning the recent winter guard competition.
Ada High School had two Winter Guard teams compete in the Winter Guard International, Flint, Michigan, Regional Competition Saturday March 9. Both guards earned the honor of participating in the finals held later that evening.
Purple team
Ada’s “Purple” team was the first to take the floor in Saturday morning preliminary competition at 9:30 a.m. in the Scholastic Regional A class with their performance “Amongst the Start!”
One Ada event, launched in 1952, signifying that spring can’t been far away is on the March calendar.
Ada Kiwanis Club 67th annual pancake and sausage day is from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at the Ada school cafeteria. The club is known for helping youth and the event is one of its major fundraisers.
Last year's event attracted nearly 600 meals.
The all-you-can-eat event includes pre-sale tickets for $7 ($8 at the door), Children 10 and under are free. Persons may dine in or carry-out.
