A holiday craft and vendor show is planned from 10 a.m. to 5  p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, in the Rawson Park Depot.

Vendors include, but are not limited to: Origami Owl, Usborne Books, Thirty-One, Angle Kiss Design, Believe in Fairy Magic, Damsel in Defense, Snowmen by Linda, Scentsy, Crafty Letters by Emily and Youngique.

Persons wanting additional information contact Julie Shillling at [email protected]

 

The Bluffton High School guidance office will hold a financial aid meeting for parents and students (juniors and seniors) who plan to continue their education beyond high school.

The meeting is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the high school library. Chris Fowler, financial aid director at Bluffton University, will make a presentation. He will discuss financial aid and filing the FAFSA form.

The Pride of Ada - the Pennsylvania Railroad caboose in the Ada depot park was renovated this summer. At 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, during Ada's Harvest and Herb Festival, the caboose will be re-christened. Here's the story of the caboose.

Its given name sounds like a phone number: Pennsylvania 477779.

It’s 75 years old and after a half-century of hard - all out-of-doors - work, it found Ada – or, Ada found it.

CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF THE CABOOSE IN THE ATTACHMENT BELOW -

Elementary students with their parents or caregivers have an opportunity to meet their new teacher on Friday, Aug. 26.

The meet-the-teacher open house is from 2 to 3 p.m. in the elementary classrooms.

The Beaverdam Veterans Memorial is nearly all in place, according to Gary Crawfish.

"As a reminder, the deadline for ordering a brick paver is Thursday, Sept. 1," he said.

 "We must have the order by then to ensure the engraved brick paver will be in place for our memorial dedication, 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12," he added.

An order form is an attachment at the bottom of 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.

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.

As in past years, it will fill Ada’s Main Street from Highland to College. Main Street will be closed at State Route 235 all the way to State Route 81.

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