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Here are the fall activities scheduled for the Ada Senior Citizens:

Sept. 27--meet at Vancrest at 12:30 p.m. to visit with residents and play cards.

Oct. 11--meet at Community Health Professionals at 12:30 p.m. for cards and games.

Oct. 27--meet at CHP at 12:30 p.m. to carpool to Kewpee in Lima for lunch, then see "Ozark Jubilee" at 2 p.m. in Celina.

Nov. 8--meet at CHP at 11 a.m. to carpool to Golden Corral in Lima for lunch to celebrate Thanksgiving together.

Citizens age 55 and over who reside in the Ada area are invited to join the group for a $10 annual membership fee and participate in the twice-monthly meetings and activities.

25 PARADE PHOTOS BELOW!

Ada loves a parade and these photos prove it.

This year's Harvest and Herb Festival parade was one of the largest ever in the history of the fest'. Junior Weihrauch of Arlington, parade director, brought in several out-of-town groups to add to the familiar Ada units.

Here's a glimpse of parade captured by Monty Siekerman.

Watch the Icon all week for more Harvest and Herb Festival photo essays.

This plate on a Corvette was spotted at the County Line Church of the Brethren car show in July. Maybe the son has a matching Corvette, too.

Monty Siekerman's festival photo series - part 1

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW -

Note: We instructed Monty Siekerman to  photograph everything that moved on Saturday. He listened well. So well that we've split his photos into several themes. We'll share all the photos throughout the week.

To start, here's photos of Ada civic organizations and the opening ceremonies at noon.

• "Get your popcorn here," yell Thatcher Downing and Brendan Jameson to the passing crowd at the Boy Scout booth. Popcorn sales are a fundraiser for the local Scouts.

Plus, Book Club, Key Club, power puff and a bon fire

Here's the latest happenings at Ada High School, from the school website:

VOLLEY FOR THE CURE: The Ada High school volleyball team will host a volley for the cure on Oct. 3 at the Ada gym versus Spencerville. All proceeds going to Amelia Griffin a first grader at Ada who is in remission from stage four cancer

If you were interested in purchasing a volley for the cure shirt for team Amelia  see any high school volleyball player. The cost is $10 for the shirt there will be posters up around the school letting you know about the other things going on they will be lots of baked goods to purchase and other things to do.

Saturday's 32nd Harvest and Herb Festival is huge

Saturday’s Harvest and Herb Festival stretches all the way from the First United Methodist Church, just north of Highland Avenue…all the way to Lehr Avenue.

And not counting this week, over 180 vendors were already registered, making this one of the largest-ever festivals.

OPEN OUR VENDOR MAP –
ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY –
IT’S PRINTER FRIENDLY!

To summarize the festival –

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