November 2017

Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2017 Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

The Hospital Safety Score uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were assigned scores in Fall 2017.

To see how Blanchard Valley Hospital’s score compares locally and nationally, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

The long-running and popular Ada High School Music Feast is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in the school auditorium.

The show choir competition begins with River Valley at 9:30 a.m. Ada Varsity Singers perform at 1:45 p.m. Evening finals competition begins at 5:30 p.m. Awards will be handed out at 9 p.m.

CLICK HERE for the performance schedule.

Seven of the top show choirs in the state will be here. Each show choir of singer/dancers performs a set of songs between 15-20 minutes in length.
Tickets for the 40th annual Music Feast are available at the door.

The Hardin County Sheriff's Office has received a $29,000 grant from the federal government to pay overtime to deputies and related expenses for traffic enforcement, especially impaired driving.

Ada High School Marching Band and Color Guard captured first place Saturday in class C as well as best percussion in classes B and C at the Bloom-Carroll Classic in Carroll with their chess themed performance. 

In addition the group earned its third overall superior rating of the season.

In the evening, at the Tri-Valley Classic in Dresden, the group won first place.  They also received the award for best color guard and for best percussion. The band not only received a superior rating for the fourth time this year, but also received straight I's, being rated superior by all nine judges.