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Beatitudes and ONU HealthWise Pharmacy announce partnership

Free health screens on Fridays starting Feb. 7
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 13, 2020

Beatitudes and ONU’s HealthWise Pharmacy have teamed up for a partnership offering free health screenings to residents in the community, according to Deb Curlis of Beatitudes, and Dr. Clay Miller of HealthWise.

The screenings, held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., start on Friday, Feb. 7, and continue each Friday through May. 

Here’s the monthly schedule for the screenings:
First Friday of the month:
   Blood pressure checks

Second Friday of the month:
   Blood glucose checks

Third Friday of the month: 
   Bone density screenings

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Weekend high: 64 - low 29 over the weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 13, 2020

Winter and summer struggled to make a point over the weekend as local temperatures rose to 64 and dipped to 29 degrees.

The chart shows temperature high and lows and daily precipitation for the first 12 days of 2020, provided by Guy Verhoff, U.S. weather observer, from Pandora.

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Jon Cross Ada chamber speaker on Wednesday

Chamber's annual membership meeting is Feb. 19
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, January 12, 2020

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce starts a new year with its first monthly breakfast at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Ada Public Library.

Jon Cross (R) District 83, Ohio House of Representatives, is the speaker. He will update chamber members on anticipated legislation in Ohio this year. The Ada Icon is the breakfast sponsor.

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January's park district board meets Jan. 27

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 10, 2020

The January meeting date for the Liberty Township Park District board has changed, according to Jane Lee, clerk of the board.

January's meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 27, in the park board office on Noth Park Drive. This is a change from the previously scheduled meeting date of Jan. 20.

Members of the board are Bob Szuch, board president, Ron Klingler and Tony Wolke.

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Board of zoning appeals will hear request for hemp processing

Conditional use permit meeting is Jan. 21
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 9, 2020

Ada's board of zoning appeals will hear a request for a conditional use permit for two purposes at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21, according to Michael Harnishfeger, village zoning inspector. The meeting is in the Ada depot.

The request includes: 
• Indoor/outdoor cultivation and harvesting of industrial hemp.
• Industrial hemp processing.

Construction plans include a 35-by-96-foot greenhouse. It is to be used for indoor cultivation and outdoor cultivation of up to one-half acre and construction of a 1,600-square-foot  processing facility.

The request involves a proposed project in the Grass Run Industrial Park. 

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Continued maintenance, expansion and improvements in the village

Ada mayor's annual report to council
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 9, 2020

In the words of Curtis Mayfield, “Keep on keeping on,” and this time those words are from David Retterer, Ada mayor.

In his annual report to council, Retterer talks about continued maintenance, expansion and improvements in the village.

Among these includes that the Municipal building is essentially complete, Ada’s new fiscal officer is reorganizing the village account structure, the constant stream of projects demonstrates that the community is healthy, and that the village employees are a great asset.

The two-page report is below.

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