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Can you believe it? Ada's Harvest and Herb Festival is 30 this year. It's Saturday, Sept. 19.

Spaces are now being reserved for the 2015 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Festival.

If you would like to reserve a booth space, please contact Scott and Arlene Allison at 419-634-1144. Please leave your name and address to receive a booth application.

If you are interested in participating in the 2015 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Harvest and Herb Parade, contact Anna Poling at 419-634-2477.

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S.B. 243 enacted a one-time sales tax holiday to occur only in 2015. The holiday starts on Friday, Aug. 7, and ends on Sunday, Aug. 9.

During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:
•An item of clothing priced at $75 or less
•An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and
•An item of school instructional material priced at $20 or less.
Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.

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It’s an open house and you are invited.

Thursday, Aug. 20, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the Ada schools are open for parents and students to meet their teachers, visit classrooms, locate lockers and meet school administrators.

The school is posting lots of back-to-school details on its website and the Icon has all that material.

A FOUR-PAGE ATTACHMENT WITH ALL
BACK-TO-SCHOOL DETAILS IS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Here are some important dates:

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It's time to start thinking about back-to-school. Several lists are now on the Icon.

These include the elmentary class supply list, elementary and high school class fee list and the school emergency medical form.

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Happy reading and safe travels. Here’s a neat idea from The Inn at ONU.

The Inn staff invites Icon viewers to “share a book” at the Inn.

Here’s how it works:

• Choose a favorite book in great condition and in a genre fascinating, riveting and memorable to you.

• Share it with others by donating the book to The Inn’s Share-A-Book library collection.

• Book donors will receive a bookplate with room to write the reasons the donor choose the book.

• Donors will also received 10 percent off at Pub dining at The Inn (excluding alcohol).

Check-out guidelines for guests at The Inn:

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Popcorn chicken with barbecue sauce, nutrition bar, mash potatoes with gravy, side kicks and milk.

The above is a serious sign that the 2015-16 school year is getting closer. The list is the menu for opening day of Ada schools for Monday, Aug. 24.

The entire August school menu is now available. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AUGUST MENU.

Here's this year's prices: 
Breakfast
for K-12 $1.25 
Reduced 30 cents

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