Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) was recently named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, part of the IBM Watson Health business. This is the fifth time BVH has been recognized with this honor. Previous years in which the organization received this distinction include 2005, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
Truven Health Analytics identified the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance for over 3000 hospitals. The study found that the top performing hospitals in the country were able to improve outcomes while reducing overall expense per patient.
The 2017 Herb of the Year will be discussed at the Hardin County Herb Society when members meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, at the Ada First United Methodist Church. Visitors are welcome.
Liz Vogt and Judy Mage of Ada will talk about Coriandrum Sativum, a parsley-like pungent herb with many uses.
Giny Lower of Lima will talk about her favorite herb, Ginger Root.
This year's officers are Mary Hofstetter of Lima, president; Evelyn Prater of Harrod, vice president; Judy MaGee of Ada, secretary; and Susie Closson of Ada, treasurer.
The next Medical Disposal Day will be Saturday, April 8, in the parking lot between RiteAid and COSI. Expired, unused prescriptions and over the counter drugs will be taken and safely disposed of between 9 a.m. and noon.
The program is sponsored by the Sheriff's Office, Hardin Memorial Hospital, ONU HealthWise, and the Solid Waste District
The 111th annual Ada High School Interclass Competition takes place at 7 p.m., Friday, March 17, in the school auditorium.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors will compete in the areas of short story, dramatic reading, poetry, and essay. Intermission entertainment is by the Ada staff and Ada High School senior class, as well as refreshments provided by the Ada Academic Boosters.
Several additional events take place in the school this month. Here's an upate from the school website:
Michelle Durand, the highly successful women's basketball coach, spoke at the noon meeting of the Kiwanis Club this week.
"How do you get such top notch players to come to ONU," she was asked. She said that you not only look at athletic ability but also whether or not ONU will be a good fit for the prospective student.
She said the Northern players academically have ranked in the top 25 schools nationally for several years. Their grade point average is an outstanding 3.5.
The players find that ONU offers academic programs not found at a lot of schools, noting pharmacy and engineering as two examples.
If you look outside, you might disagree with the weather forecast for our area for March. Here's what the ag forecast looks like:
"MARCH WEATHER UPDATE - Jim Noel
It was one of the warmest February's one record. Further, for the period of January and February combined, many reporting stations in Ohio had the most number of 60+ days ever recorded.
The warm-up has led to green-up conditions running about 3 weeks ahead of schedule in Ohio.
The outlook for March calls for near to slightly warmer than normal temperatures. We will not see the record warmth in March we saw in February. Precipitation will be near or slightly above normal.
