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The 32nd Annual Bluegrass Invitational, held at the UK Seaton’s Center the weekend of February 5 – 7, was busting at the seams with a full slate of 20 teams.
In Division III, the number one ranked Moraine squeaked past a feisty Carolina Tarwheels team and then continued their advancement in the brackets by beating Cleveland by two points and Austin by eight. Austin had earlier hammered Hill on Wheels by 24 points. With three straight wins, Moraine was set to play in the Championship game from the winner’s bracket.
It was anticipated that the second team in the Division III Championship game would be a toss up between Austin and Cleveland, who had both lost to Moraine earlier by narrow margins. However, Hill on Wheels knocked off Music City and Cleveland in the loser’s bracket for a chance to meet Austin again in the semi-final game.
There a determined Hill on Wheels team was able to take their revenge on Austin with a 59 – 55 win which guaranteed their berth in the Championship game against Moraine. That was where Hill on Wheels pulled off the upset of the number one Moraine by a score of 54 – 47 marking the first time a Kentucky team had won the tournament in their home state.
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Assistive Technology Program Grant
Lexington, KY - We are pleased to announce that Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, in partnership with The University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University and Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, has received an Assistive Technology Program grant for Farmers with Disabilities: State and Regional AgrAbility Projects from the United States Department of Agriculture. The AgrAbility program is based in the University of Kentucky’s Agricultural Extension program. Cardinal Hill and the University of Kentucky have been partners in AgrAbility for quite some time. This new funding will allow the partnership to grow. The grant will help us to continue to provide services to farm families in Kentucky who are faced with disability. One area of expansion of service with this grant is a more targeted focus on underserved farmers such as minority, women and Appalachian small farmers. We are very proud to be a part of this program. This grant provides funding from 2010-2014. For more information about AgrAbility please contact Mr. John Hancock at 859-257-1845.
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
Lexington, KY—CARF International announced that Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital has been accredited for a period of three years for its Amputee, Spinal Cord, Brain Injury, Stroke and Comprehensive Inpatient programs. The latest accreditation is the sixth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization that receives a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable.
Cardinal Hill is a non-profit organization with corporate offices at 2050 Versailles Road, Lexington, KY. It has been providing physical rehabilitation services in the Lexington area since 1950.
CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
For additional information, contact Samantha Rogers at (859) 254-5701.