June 2014

Village of Ada Water Department
2013 Drinking Water Quality Report

The Ada Water Department has prepared the following report to provide information to you, the consumer, on the quality of our drinking water. Included within this report is general health information, water quality test results, how to participate in decisions concerning your drinking water and water system contacts.

Because the report includes several charts, the Icon is posting the entire report on an attachment at the bottom of this story.
 

By Darlene Bowers
Head, heart, hands and health are the four Hs of 4-H, the cornerstone values of 4-H and the main elements of the 4-H pledge. These values also comprise the daily living of Amy Spar, one of Ada’s Liberty Belles and Boys 4-H club advisors.

Amy grew up in Xenia, Ohio, and has firsthand recollections of the historic and devastating tornado outbreak that affected her town in 1974. In 1986 Amy came to Ada for more affordable housing while working at Lima Memorial Hospital.

Blanchard Valley Hospital laboratory manager, Shawn Griggs, a graduate of Ohio Northern University, has been named one of the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s (ASCP) “40 Under 40” for his achievements in the medical laboratory field.

Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, and Northwest Physical Therapy now provides therapy for persons with hip, knee or joint replacement, and persons with prosthetics, cardiac rehab, and persons recovering from strokes or major surgeries.

Features of the program include:

• IV therapy
• Post-surgical care
• Restorative care
• Continuous Passive Motion Machine (CPM)
• Wound care
• In-house dietician
• VitalStim therapy

Mennonite Memorial Home and Northwest Physical Therapy offers:

• Physical therapy
• Occupational and speech therapy