Beginning on Monday, March 4, Ada schools will begin using three-hour delays as needed, according to Meri Skilliter, superintendent.
The provided the following background on the three-hour delay:
In an effort to maintain as much instructional time as we can, and to minimize the number of days we must cancel, the Ada Exempted Village School District will begin to consider and enact a three-hour delay option, beginning March 4.
On a three-hour delay day, all students will still be fed lunch, and the day will NOT be extended.
We will end at our usual ending time, just as we do for two-hour delays.
Ohio Northern University HealthWise and Healthy Lifestyles Coalition of Hardin County substance abuse committee have joined in partnership to distribute Deterra bags in the county.
The bags deactivate drugs in a safe, convenient and effective way. And, the bags are environmentally friendly. The pouch system neutralizes pills, liquid and patches.
Adellyn McPheron, ONU mobile clinic coordinator with ONU HealthWise, said that the bags are being distributed at no charge to the community this spring.
The Hardin County Pesticide and Fertilizer Recertification program is offered Friday, March 8, at the Plaza Inn Restaurant in Mt. Victory. The session lasts from 9 a.m. to noon.
This session is for private applicators and will consist of core, grain and cereal crops, forage crops and livestock, and fumigation.
A lunch option will be made available at the Plaza Inn Restaurant for additional cost. The fertilizer recertification is from 1 to 2 p.m. Farmers must pre-register online at http://pested.osu.edu, call the Extension Office at 419-674-2297, or stop by at 1021 W. Lima St., Suite 103, Kenton. Pre-registration is encouraged.
The Ada High School yearbook staff is taking registrations for a Board-Painting fundraiser planned from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, March 22, in the Ada High School cafeteria, according to Anna Yoakam, yearbook advisor.
“The workshop fee will help raise money for the high school yearbook program,” she said.
A pre-pay and pre-admission of $50 per person is required by Monday, March 18.
“Personalized information is needed during the registration process,” said Yoakam. “We need this information to ensure that everyone’s custom stencils are ready when you arrive to the event.”
Here's a report from the Ohio Department of Transportation concerning area road care this winter. This winter's figures are lower than last winter's.
The following is an update regarding snow and ice operations on state highways within Hardin County from November to the present. (Last year at this time figures in parentheses)
Salt used: 2,827 tons (4,181)
Liquid de-icer: 27,600 gallons (30,095)
Miles driven for snow and ice: 73,101 (80,826)
Total cost: $590,772 (720,907)
The powerful painkiller Oxycontin, widely blamed for kickstarting the nation’s opioid crisis, will no longer be newly prescribed for injured workers in the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation’s system starting July 1.
Following a recommendation from BWC Chief Medical Officer Terry Welsh, the agency’s Board of Directors voted today to drop the drug from the BWC formulary and replace it with what Welsh calls “an equally effective but harder-to-abuse drug” named Xtampza ER.
