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It will continue through April 3 with further guidance coming from the state

The Ada school's meal delivery program begins on Wednesdays. The school will provide this service through Friday, April 3, and will await additional guidance from the state on continuing past this date should the school closure be extended, OR if the school is no longer permitted to serve meals.  The school will send alerts if anything changes.

Here are details from the school website.

• If you need to sign up, click here https://forms.gle/zFTNAE62wZqZnKWV9

Central Collection Agency, village tax administrator, changes its office hours

Ada council will meet tonight.

Ada’s regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, council meeting will take place, according to Angela Polachek of the village.

She said, “We are doing our best to make accommodations in the room so we are respecting the social distancing recommendations.”

The meeting agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.

Information related to Ada income taxpayers, the village income tax administrators, Central Collection Agency (CCA)  of Cleveland announce its office hours have changed to:

·Tuesday, each week, 9 a.m – 2 p.m.
·Wednesday, each week, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Things to do before going to an emergency care center or emergency room

Tom Miller, Ada-Liberty Township EMS chief, provided the Icon with several important steps for persons to follow if they have questions about the coronavirus.  Those steps follow:

• If you believe you have virus symptoms, and need information, do not go to an urgent care facility or hospital emergency room. 

He recommends three options people should take first:|
• Visit the Ohio Department of Health website:
coronavirus.oh.gov

• Call the Ohio Department of Health hotline for further information: 833-427-5634

• Call your primary care physician

On-line challenge designed to help participants improve their health

Want ideas to make better use of your time?
Would you like to improve your work/life balance? 

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, our next email challenge will help you learn ways to manage your time, according to Jami Dellifield, of the OSU extension office.

The “It’s All About Time! Live Healthy Live Well Challenge” is an on-line challenge designed to help participants improve their health by encouraging ways to add regular movement, mindfulness techniques and healthy eating to their lifestyles.

OSU Extension professionals will share tips to help you with making the most of the time you have been given. 

Beatitudes is closed, but the phones forwarded to Rob Kanzig or Deb Curlis

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce sent the following notice to its members and it is shared on the Icon:

My heart goes out to everyone in our Ada / Hardin county area. 

I have numbers for unemployment sign ups, liquor buy backs, emergency business loans, and virus hot line.

I have spoke to the county health department as well as some of you with business questions. Please contact me directly if you need any of this information. 

11 p.m. announcement Monday cancels March 17 Ohio primary

It's on...and now it's off.

There will be no Ohio Tuesday, March 17, primary election - despite an earlier judge's ruling.

Here is the announcement of the cancellation from the Ohio Department of Health:

Ohio Department of Health Issues Order on Closure of Polling Locations

Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton, M.D., MPH, tonight issued an order regarding Closure of the Polling Locations in the State of Ohio on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. 

A three-page director's order is attached at the bottom of this story.

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