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Mercy Health/Ada Family Medicine now open -Dr. Hageman, lead physician

By Monty Siekerman
Mercy Health/Ada Family Medicine has opened its doors and will have an open house in June at the new facility located in front of Vancrest Nursing Home near the school.

Dr. Jason Hageman, M.D., will be the lead physician. He graduated from Ohio State, University of Toledo Medical School, completed his family medicine residency in Dayton, and received a sports medicine fellowship from the University of Kentucky. 

He has been associated with St. Rita's for the past two years. He will share his time between Ada and St. Rita's.

Sneak preview of Vancrest - official open house is Sunday

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Vancrest of Ada had a VIP open house Thursday with a public open house set for 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Here, Mark White, (left), president of the company, meets with Randy Cox, administrator of the local facility.

"Beautiful, spacious, well-planned, an asset to the community," were among the comments made by those who toured the newly-built nursing home which is located across from the school.

Vancrest has 50 rooms for skilled nursing care, 32 rooms for longterm care, and 18 rehabilitation rooms, plus dining areas, a bistro, rehab equipment, offices, and lounges...even one lounge devoted to ONU memorabilia.

...and here are the senior department award winners

Here are the 2016 Ada High School senior department award winners. The awards were presented on May 18. 

(Many photos of this event are at the bottom of this story)

2016 Senior Departmental Awards

Meet the honor students from the Ada HS class of 2016

Eight Ada High School senior were named valedictorians and one was named salutatorian during the May 18 senior honor banquet.

Those students are: Benjamin Bowers, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Rylan Hissong, Megan Simon, Katelyn Stuart, Ashley Sumner, Casey Swick and Blake Willeke Valedictorians; while Kylelyn Stuart was named Salutatorian.

Here are seniors recognized on May 18.

Benjamin Bowers son of Christopher and Darlene Bowers of Ada

Stromback and Glischinski are Clyde Lamb Award winners at ONU

By Ashley Birchmeier

Ohio Northern seniors Taryn Stromback (Osseo, Minn.) and Ben Glischinski(Maineville) have been named recipients of the prestigious 2015-16 Clyde Lamb Award.

The Clyde A. Lamb Awards are named in honor of the man who organized the Department of Health and Physical Education at Ohio Northern in 1929.

He served as coach, department chairman and athletics director at ONU from 1929-64.

Open house arrangement

Laurie Laird of New Leaf Garden Center places an arrangement of annuals in front of Vancrest of Ada. Vancrest, located across from the school, will have an open house for the public from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday. New Leaf did the landscaping for the new $6 million nursing home. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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