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Check out the busy Ada school November calendar

Ada schools are busy this month. Here's a capsule of events on the school calendar:

DATES TO REMEMBER:
          Nov. 26th Interims will be sent home with students
          Nov. 27th 2-Hour Early Dismiss due to Teacher-In-Service
          Nov. 29th Picture Retake Day- Order forms in the high school office

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES: for students in grades K-12 on Monday, Nov. 19 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 10 to 8 pm. Students will attend school on Monday, Nov. 19. There will not be school on Nov. 20 and 21. Thanksgiving break is Nov. 22 and 23.

Ada Public Library seeks donations for first-ever holiday silent auction; next book discussion on Dec. 4

 

Several events are underway at the Ada Public Library.

Holiday silent auction

The first-ever holiday silent acution is planned, but needs donated themed baskets from the community.

According to the library staff: The baskets - and think outside the box, feel free to bring your donation in in another kind of style! - will be auctioned off and will serve as wonderful holiday gifts; think about creating a basket which contains things that represent your business/organization, or life in Ada. Donations are tax-deductible.

It must be November

Here's a familiar curbside scene in Ada this month. Click here to see the leaf pick-up schedule.

IRS seeks volunteers for free tax prep programs in Ohio

Recruitment is underway throughout Ohio for volunteers and partner organizations for the Internal Revenue Service’s free tax preparation programs.  Volunteers must receive training and achieve certification over the next two months to be ready for the start of the 2013 tax filing season.

The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free tax help to seniors as well as to low-to-moderate income and disabled individuals.  Partner organizations set up free tax preparation sites in local communities, where volunteers meet with and assist qualifying taxpayers.

Brandon Huber wins NFL/College contest week 2

Brandon Huber is the winner of the Icon Week 2 College NLF football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge.

Huber, Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence all picked 11 games correctly.  Bollenbacher was eliminated in Tie-Breaker 1 by picking Northwestern to lose 1-3 while the other two correctly picked Northwestern to lose 4-10.  In Tie-Breaker 2 Clevidence picked Cincinnati to lose by 11 or more while Huber picked the Bengals to win by 1-3 (closer to the actual win of 18 points).

St. Mark Lutheran hosts community supper on Nov. 28.

On Nov. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., St. Mark Lutheran Church will host a community supper for all who desire a meal.

We plan to do continue this ministry on the last Wednesday evening of every month to assist those people and families who are short of funds for meals at the end of the month.

For more details call Tom Fleming (Church Council) at 491-358-4611 or Pastor Dave Coffin at 419-634-0980.

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