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Health care moving toward home as Baby Boomers age

November is National Home Care & Hospice Month

Every November, Community Health Professionals joins home health and hospice agencies nationwide to celebrate National Home Care and Hospice Month, honoring healthcare employees and raising awareness of in-home health services available to local residents.

Private duty home care provides non-medical assistance for seniors and disabled clients, allowing them to stay at home amidst familiar surroundings and possessions, which has a positive effect on psychological well-being.

Yearbooks are in! And there's lots happening in November at Ada Schools

November is a busy month for Ada schools. Here's a listing of events from the school website:

DATES TO REMEMBER:
November 9th Music Feast If you would like to help, please call the high school office.
November 11th No School & Veteran’s Day Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 AM in cafeteria
November 19th 2 Hr Early Release for Teacher-In-Service
November 21st Picture Retakes K-12 grades Order forms are in the high school office
November 25th Parent Teacher Conference 4:00 – 8:30
November 26th No School for Students Parent Teacher Conference 10:00 – 8:00
November 27th - 29th No School for Thanksgiving Break

Here's Ada unofficial Nov. 5 general election results

The following are unofficial results from the Nov. 5 general election. * Indicates a winner. For the complete list of unofficial votes from all Hardin County races, click here.

ADA COUNCIL
*Donald Fleming 208
*Jeffery Oestreich 222
*Bob Simmons 234
*Jimmy Wilson 200

LIBERTY TRUSTEES
*Gary Hall  364
*Bradley Hays 438

ADA SCHOOL BOARD
* Thomas Dearth 321
* Tara Griffith  314
Terry Price  238

MENTAL HEALTH LEVY
For   1,860
Against  2,310

Men's and Women's Soccer raise close to $900 in during Kicks for a Cause

With the conclusion of October and breast cancer awareness month, the soccer programs at Ohio Northern can mark the latest "Kicks for a Cause" event as a success.

The fourth Annual Kicks event which took place on Oct. 12, during the men's and women's matches against Baldwin Wallace, was able to raise close to $900.

All of the proceeds have been donated to support the continued efforts of the American Cancer Society.

ONU to celebrate veterans with wreath-laying ceremony Nov. 11

Ohio Northern University will celebrate the contributions of American service members with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Henry Soloman Lehr statue adjacent to James F. Dicke Hall on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The ceremony will feature reflections concerning veterans from guest speaker Paul Hartman, ONU assistant professor of operations research and supply chain management, who served in the Air Force for 20 years before retiring from the Pentagon as a major in 2007.

Hardin "All Access" newsletter on Ada Icon

There's lot happening in Hardin County this fall. A great summary of those events is in the October-November issue of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance "All Access" newsletter.

A copy of the newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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