Here's a turn of an earlier century post card colorized photo the Ada Disciples of Christ Church on Main Street. The photo is from the collection at the Ada Public Library.
Compare the above photo with the appearace of the church today in the photo below.
The following message is from the Ada school website:
Dear Bulldog families, students, and community,
Our staff began a deep dive into concepts related to the “R Factor” and culture at the beginning of this school year.
On February 25, we were blessed to have had Tim Kight come speak to our staff to share these concepts with our teachers and staff, as well as with representatives of many other organizations who partner with us to educate our students.
A MESSAGE FROM HARDIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, KENTON
In an effort to protect our patients, visitors, physicians and staff from COVID-19, OhioHealth is implementing a more restricted visitation policy than was originally announced on Monday.
The new policy will be effective immediately. Besides the information listed below the main entrance for Hardin Memorial Hospital will be closed from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. During these times please use the Emergency Department entrance.
Visitor guidelines:
·Patients will be limited to one per day
o One exception – both parents will be allowed to visit their child
Note from the Village of Ada:
Sign up for email updates on the village website, www.adaoh.org. Click on the highlighted "Receive Updates" button on the upper left corner of the village website.
The Village of Ada Municipal issued the following statement concerning the use of the municipal office building as it related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The goal of the municipal office of the Village of Ada is to continue managing the needs of the public while protecting the health and safety of our employees and the general public.
We currently plan to maintain regular office hours of Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. for our Administrative/Water Office.
The March 23 blood drive scheduled at the Ada visiting nurses is canceled.
"I have been asked to reschedule all of the donors who were signed up to go to the Kenton Moose Lodge on Monday, March 23, as Kenton's blood drive is still scheduled," said Mary Hackworth, Ada's volunteer coordinator, informed the Icon.
"I've sent over our blood donor list to Gene Cook. His number is 419-674-7594," she added.
"To repeat, the Red Cross personnel that were scheduled to come to Ada will instead be in Kenton. They will have plenty of people and all precautions are being taken for the safety of everyone.
The Ada school's meal delivery program begins on Wednesdays. The school will provide this service through Friday, April 3, and will await additional guidance from the state on continuing past this date should the school closure be extended, OR if the school is no longer permitted to serve meals. The school will send alerts if anything changes.
A long-standing and well-known Ada locally-owned business has a new name.
Hanson-Neely Funeral and Cremation Service is now Hanson-Neely-Allison Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., according to Scott Allison.
Allison took over the business upon the retirement of Bruce Neely at the end of 2019. Allison has served as a funeral director with the funeral home since 2004.
He and his wife, Arlene, are parents of three children. He is a 1993 Ada HS and Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science graduate and is a licensed funeral director and embalmer.
Ada’s regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, council meeting will take place, according to Angela Polachek of the village.
She said, “We are doing our best to make accommodations in the room so we are respecting the social distancing recommendations.”
The meeting agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
Information related to Ada income taxpayers, the village income tax administrators, Central Collection Agency (CCA) of Cleveland announce its office hours have changed to:
·Tuesday, each week, 9 a.m – 2 p.m.
·Wednesday, each week, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tom Miller, Ada-Liberty Township EMS chief, provided the Icon with several important steps for persons to follow if they have questions about the coronavirus. Those steps follow:
• If you believe you have virus symptoms, and need information, do not go to an urgent care facility or hospital emergency room.
He recommends three options people should take first:|
• Visit the Ohio Department of Health website:
coronavirus.oh.gov
• Call the Ohio Department of Health hotline for further information: 833-427-5634
