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By Monty Siekerman
Two things you cannot escape: death and taxes.

These and other topics will be discussed at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct 19, at ReStore. The program is free and open to the public.

Guest speakers for the program, which is titled Funeral Planning, are three noted local experts.

The are:
• Mike Hood, attorney, discussing options you have (will or trust), what legal papers you need to have (power of attorney, do not resuscitate, executor of estate);

• Bruce Neely, funeral director, your options for funeral or cremation, preplanning;

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In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, Ada schools will sponsor a  "pink out" a Friday's football game against Bluffton.

All who attend can participate by wearing pink on Friday to school and to the varsity football game. Here's the last update from the school website:

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• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original
(...and pizza!...see the bottom of the story)

You know the drill. The Ada Halloween parade, sponsored by Ada Kiwanis is calling you.

This year’s parade is Monday, Oct. 26. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. The parade is a 6 p.m. Registration takes place behind the municipal building on Buckeye Street.

Here’s the costume categories:
• Prettiest
• Scariest
• Most original

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Kenneth Collins captured this Ada scene recently. The zoom lens pulls objects close together to create an attractive visual image of a street project.

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The Hardin County Dairy Service Unit is holding their semi-annual cheese sale.  The fall sale has a variety of cheeses to choose from including Colby, Muenster, Smoked Cheddar, Mozzarella, Marble, American Processed, Farmers Cheese, Cheddar, Big Eye Swiss, Baby Swiss, Lacey Swiss (low cholesterol, low fat), Hot Pepper, and also Trail Bologna.  Cheese is in approximately 2 pound units, except for Muenster, Hot Pepper, American Processed Cheese, which are sold in 5 pound loaves.  The American Processed Cheese is sliced, while the mozzarella and cheddar cheese are shredded.  The Trail Bologna comes in 1-1 3/4 pound rings.

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Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP) has awarded accreditation under its standards of excellence to Community Health Professionals, Inc. for home health, hospice and private duty services.

By achieving CHAP Accreditation, Community Health Professionals has also been deemed to meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation and is certified as a Medicare provider.

CHAP Accreditation demonstrates that the local nonprofit agency meets the industry’s highest nationally recognized standards. CHAP evaluation focuses on structure and function, quality of services, human and financial resources and long term viability.

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