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Ada Music Boosters ready to take your orders now

Back by popular demand the Ada Music Boosters are kicking off their Good Clean Fundraising Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener Fundraiser.  Proceeds will be used to help fund all Ada music programs. 

The detergent sale features detergent, fabric softener, and dish soap packaged in a 5-gallon bucket with a pump for easy dispensing. These are high-quality private label products not affiliated with big name brands.  

According to the Boosters, they are also selling Pod-Packs of detergent (180 count) and diswasher soap (200 count). All products sell for $45. The detergent and fabric softeners are available in a variety of scents. 

A multi-discipline school assignment you can eat

Here's a multi-discipline school assignment that you can eat.

The Icon writer had a hankering for cookies and decided to see how many disciplines baking them involves. The following column demonstrates the result, wondering how public school students might use this exercise at home.

Disciplines used
Reading, writing, mathematics, geography, music appreciation, home economics, chemistry, art, critical thinking, foreign language, physical education and study hall. Perhaps there are others we’ve not considered.

U.S. 68 resurfacing between the city of Findlay in Hancock County and the city of Kenton in Hardin County, excluding the villages of Arlington and Dunkirk will begin Monday, March 30. Traffic will be maintained through the work zone. Complete in fall 2020.

Beginning Monday, March 30, traffic will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for the installation of signs followed by pavement marking and striping removal.

U.S. 68, one mile south of Dunkirk, is expected to open Friday, March 27, following a culvert replacement.

Tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hockey will not be completed

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hockey, which were postponed indefinitely on March 12, are now cancelled due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. 

It is anticipated that schools will not be able to reopen for many weeks, which prevents interscholastic athletics from taking place.

The start of the OHSAA’s spring sports of softball, lacrosse, baseball, track and field and boys tennis is still postponed, which coincides with schools not being open. 

And, affects school testing, tax filing deadline, and scholarships

Coronavirus-Response Package Signed Into Law

 Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 197, cosponsored by State Rep. Haraz N. Ghanbari (R-Perrysburg), into law Friday.

The legislation addresses a variety of challenges and impacts to state law as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The emergency legislation passed under House Bill 197 addressed many issues, including:

- Testing & Accountability – Eliminates state-mandated K-12 student assessments for the 2019-20 school year.

FROM ADA BULLDOGS FACEBOOK - When school work is completed, and you are missing your extra curriculars and friends, you add a digital Home Ec class to fill your new daily schedule.  Ada HS students Grace and Jacob baking together. Love the ingenuity of our teachers AND our students.

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