Ada Rotary Club has a chicken barbecue dinner with your name on it.
The club hosts a carryout-drive-thru-only chicken barbecue dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6.
The drive-thru takes place at Hays Insurance, 202 S. Main St. Tickets are $9 per meal and include:
• One-half chicken
• Baked beans
• Macaroni salad
Tickets are available in advance at Quest Federal Credit Union and from any Ada Rotary Club member. Tickets may be purchased by calling 419-230-2250 or 419-303-0586.
Dinners are also available on Thursday depending upon the supply available.
The following back-to-school information is from the Ada school website and is subject to change.
Introduction: This plan reflects what our plan is today, under today’s conditions, and is subject to change at any time to adapt to changes to the COVID-19 crisis.
(Icon note:For example, on Aug. 5, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Health will issue a health order requiring that K-12 children wear face coverings while in school. Click here to read that story.
If you heard an extra amount of horns blasting on Ada's southside today, there's a good reason. New students at Ohio Northern University are turning the corner from Main Street onto College Avenue and are moving into campus for the 2020-21 school year. And, the usual suspects holding signs, encourge the annual belling. Here's a look at the action. (Photos provided by ONU)
This is the first in a series of brief YouTube videos focusing on covid-19. This video is part of Ada SAFE 2020 AMA (ask me anything) question series.
Ross Kauffman, assistant professor and director of public health at Ohio Northern University, speaks to the question: "Are confirmed cases inflated due to the repeated tests of the same positive individual?"
Click here to learn more about this series and to visit the online site that provides resources about the virus.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine provided the following updates on the status of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MASKS IN SCHOOLS
Governor DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Health will issue a health order requiring that K-12 children wear face coverings while at school. The new mandate comes after the Ohio Children's Hospital Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Ohio Chapter issued a joint letter recommending widespread use of masks in schools with the following exceptions:
• Children under the age of 2 years old
• Any child unable to remove the face covering without assistance
