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May 26 skills training activities for contact sports can begin

Kenton Hardin Health Department is reporting three new cases with two of them being hospitalized. This will bring our total confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 34.

May 26 skills training activities for contact sports can begin. This does not mean tournaments, scrimmages, and games are to commence at this time, but skills training can begin for athlete’s to work on the skills needed for those contact sports. There is guidance on how to conduct the skills training activities at the www.coronavirus.ohio.gov website.

Kenton Hardin Health Department is reporting a new positive case of COVID-19. We have had a case move jurisdictions after further investigation so it still will be our 31st case in the county.

Beatitudes, 210 N. Main St., will again providing free lunches to Ada area school children starting Tuesday, June 2. Sack lunch's may be picked up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Beatitudes.

Parents and caregivers must call to register youths for the summer lunch program at 419-788-9459 by Thursday, May 28.  
 

7:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 19, in Bluffton.

Here's the walking path between the Buckeye and Riley Creek. Water from the creek was still flowing into the Buckeye at the east end.

The next photos shows water leaving the Buckeye and returning to the stream at the west end - Spring Street.

And, finally, a great blue heron is spotted in the second and third photos, watching the photographer.

In 24 hours or less, this water will arrive in Findlay.

Material pick up and drop off begins on Tuesday

Ada schools announced its end of year plans for students on the school website today. Here's the announcement.

It has certainly been a unique and challenging end to our school year.  We want to thank all our families, students and teachers for their creativity, flexibility and hard work in this unprecedented time. 

Considering these new challenges, we developed a plan below for the remainder of our school year that addresses instruction, student support and material collection.  

Thanks to ONU-Lima Memorial partnership

Lima Memorial Health System, in partnership with Ohio Northern University, announced this week that it is offering antibody testing for COVID-19 (SARS Coronavirus 2 IgG Antibody testing).

This testing capability is the next fundamental step in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The first critical step was announced in April as Lima Memorial partnered with Ohio Northern University to offer same-day COVID-19 testing through the highly reliable PCR molecular testing platform.

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