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The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the community room of Community Health Professionals, according to Deb Curlis, president.

This is a change of date for the meeting, which is usually on the third Wednesday of the month.

Community Economic Development Center presents entrepreneur workshop on ‘Marketing your product, success and failures’

The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University opens its 2013-14 entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Thursday, Sept. 26. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.

The topic of the workshop will be “Marketing your product, success and failures. Making the Milestone system work” with Dennis D. Stripe. This event is free and open to the public.

"We are fortunate enough to have professional staff from Ohio Northern's Polar Career Center joining us for monthly discussions on career related topics, and also offering some one-on-one assistance," Amanda Bennett, Ada Public Library director told The Icon.

Here'a a program offering professional help for area job seeks, provided by the library and the ONU Career Center.

Monday, Sept 9, 6 p.m.:  How to Create a Resume
Learn the best way to present your skills and experience in a professional-looking resume.

At Girl Scouts, girls are always counting down to the next adventure they will go on together.  Maybe it is artistic.  Maybe it's an experiment.  Maybe it's getting outside or helping the community. 

With Girl Scouting, girls make new friends and have a ton of new experiences that show how exciting the world is, and how awesome girls are. When girls just can't wait for what they'll do next, they can do anything they set their mind to! This is what Girl Scouts call the “I can’t wait to” feeling.

A PRINTER-FRIENDLY APPLICATION IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival invite candidates for the 2013 festival queen.

Candidates must write answers to the following questions and statement:

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

2 - Describe three characteristics that make you who and what you are today.

3 - What would it mean to you personally and for the Ada community to represent the 2013 Harvest and Herb Festival as queen?

A “cash mob” is coming to Ada in September.

The Buy Ada First Committee, an ad hoc group consisting of local business people and residents, will hold the community’s fourth cash mob on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 3 to 5 p.m. The location, which is a prominent business in Ada, will be revealed soon.

“Each cash mob has been a great success and it brings business to our Ada community,” said Heather Cox, of the committee.

“All you need to do is show up, make a purchase large or small and celebrate the Ada community. Join in the fun and give a local business a boost,” said Cox.

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