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You bet it's a fog school delay day in Ada. Today is also the first day of school in Bluffton - and they have a 2-hour delay also.

Apollo school board will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29, in the Apollo board room, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima. The board agenda is an attachment to this story.

Booth space and parade entries are being accepted for this year’s Ada Area Chamber of Commerce’s 31st annual Harvest and Herb Festival, according to David Dellifield, festival director.

A printer-friendly booth application and booth regulations and requirements are in attachments at the bottom of this story. A parade entry form and parade information sheets are also attachments.

This year’s festival is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, in downtown Ada.

The festival is open to the public with no admission charge. Proceeds are used to promote Ada chamber activities during the year.

Ada Kiwanis Club will offer two bicycles at a raffle during the Saturday, Sept. 17, Harvest and Herb Festival. Tickets are available from club members and will be available on Sept. 17.

An annual Kiwanis event in the planning stages are the annual Halloween parade.

 

Ada Academic Boosters spiritware campaign is now underway for 2016-17.

The Boosters have a wide selection of t-shirts, hoodies, 1/4 zip pull-overs, polos, hats, scarfs, head bands, gloves and stadium blankets available to order.

Orders on the accompanying form must be turned in to Ada High School Booster's mailbox by Friday, Sept. 2.

A printer-friendly order blank is below.

For out-of-town persons ordering, send to:
Ada High School
725 West North St.
Ada, OH 45810

Ada High School junior and senior girls (ages 16 to 18) are invited to enter this year’s Harvest and Herb Festival Queen contest. This year’s festival is Saturday, Sept. 17.

Applications forms are at the bottom of this story and in the Ada High School office. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7. Judging takes place at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, in the second floor conference rooms in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University.

Contestants will complete three brief essays on:

• If you were to support a special cause or offer to volunteer for a special organization, which would it be and why?

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