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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Watch the Icon on Tuesday for an update on Ada schools and its distance learning program. Gov. DeWine announced today that schools in Ohio will remain in distance learning through at least May 1.