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Look skyward at night this weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 6, 2020

If you watch the nighttime sky, this weekend will be worthwhile. Click here for more details from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).

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Time for an Ada Bulldog card upgrade

$10 for the popular discount card that lasts for 12 months
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Ada Music Boosters say that the Bulldog card in your wallet or purse will expire soon. 

The new card, covering the 2020-21 school year is now available from any high school marching band member or Varsity Singers member. Cards are $10 each and are good though Aug. 31, 2021. 

According to the boosters, “These discount cards typically pay for themselves after using them just three or four times, and the discounts last for the next 12 months. 

The card offers specials from 27 area businesses including the following Ada businesses:

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FAQs about the restart of school

Ada school website offers answers to frequently asked questions
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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.

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Health order will require K-12 children wear face coverings in school

Announcement from Ohio governor's office
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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

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So, you think you know Ada? - the answer

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

The answer to the mystery photo is at the Ada High School football stadium.

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Where did the 6-foot rule come from? Answers to many other questions like this

From ONU's Heterick Memorial Library and Ada SAFE 2020 locally-created resource about covid-19
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

• Where did the 6-foot rule come from?
• How do we help kids cope with all the questions surrounding covid-19?
• What criteria would allow us to return to not having social distancing, wearing masks and enhancing disinfecting practices?
• Is this a short term virus, or is it like the flu that will continue to show up seasonally?

These questions and host of others are addressed in a locally-created online resource made available to the public this month. 

A team effort by Ohio Northern University Heterick Library librarians and several members of the Ada SAFE group created the resource.

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