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Ada Schools: "No plans to cancel graduation; may have to move the date"

Heres updates on graduation requirements, spring tests, cancellations
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Here is the March 31 update from Ada schools, from the school website. Information about spring athletics is in the story below, or click here.

Spring Testing
 There will be no state spring testing. This, then, negates the third grade guarantee. If you are the parent of a third grade student and have questions, please reach out to Mr. Thaxton.

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Rising country singer has recorded a song about Ada

All due to a fluke vehicle breakdown north of town on SR 235
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Thanks to a fluke vehicle breakdown north of Ada on State Route 235 last summer, a rising star on the national country music scene will soon release an album featuring one song about Ada.

That rising star is Sal Walker and his band April Shortbread.

Late Sunday evening last July 21, Jamie Hall stopped to help a group traveling in a Tuscany Thor Motor Coach stalled near the Hardin-Hancock county line.

Assessing the situation, Hall drove to the Beaverdam travel center. There he explained the breakdown problem to a mechanic who returned with Hall and repaired the stranded vehicle.

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Help Ada - wear a mask; it's our latest fashion statement

Masks help stop the infected from infecting others
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 31, 2020

By JoAnna “Anna” Kauffman, M.D.
and Tobias S. Buckell
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - There are two reasons to wear a mask:

• to protect *yourself* against what's out there, so you can personally try to avoid infection, and

•  to protect *others* from what *you* may have so that you don't infect the community.

The second reason is what some doctors and epidemiologists are emphasizing as an important tool for fighting COVID-19. They are not recommending you keep N95 masks.

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Hardin Memorial sets up triage tent for virus testing

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 31, 2020

In order to help reduce the possibility of transmission of COVID-19, Hardin Memorial Hospital will erect a triage tent outside the emergency department (ED) entrance.  

The goal is to keep those who have flu-like symptoms separate from those who do not.

This is a proactive measure we are taking to be prepared in the event the process of outside triage becomes necessary.

It is NOT a walk-up site for COVID-19 screening.

How it will work…
When a patient comes to the ED for treatment of an injury or other reason, they will first go into the triage tent where they will be quickly screened.

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I-75 northbound 1 lane April 1-2 - for beam setting over railroad

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Interstate 75 northbound in Findlay will be restricted to one lane on Wednesday, April 1, and Thursday, April 2, for beam setting over the railroad. 

On both days, the restriction will begin at noon and continue until four beams are set.

The right lane of Interstate 75 northbound will close from the southern end of the project, just south of Harrison Street/county Road 144, to the Sandusky Street overpass, which is just south of the state Route 12 interchange.

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Something to tell your grandchildren about - the spring of 2020

And the month of March that never seemed to take place
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 30, 2020

Each Ada generation has something of it's own:
A blizzard
A flood
A stock market crash
A world war
Life before the internet
Going to school before doors were locked
A church fire

The list goes on. 

Ada residents experiencing life in the spring of 2020 have something of their own –  something to talk with their grandchildren about.

It's a virus that keeps people from shopping, from going to church, from going to school, to prom, graduation, funerals, Easter egg hunts, spring sports events, pancake breakfasts,  the movies, to work, to the library, to Taveren 101. The list goes on.

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