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OHSAA to Revise School Enrollment Counts for 2015-16

Board of directors votes to withdraw community school and STEM school students and reconfigure tournament divisional assignments

The Ohio High School Athletic Association board of directors deliberated Thursday and voted to remove students who attend community schools and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) schools from their local public school enrollment counts.

Kaye E. Elwood, 79, died August 5, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. 

Kaye was born May 11, 1936, in Columbus Grove to Richard and M. Virginia (Lora) Staley who preceded her in death. On Feb. 23, 1957, she married Herbert Elwood and he survives.

Kaye had worked at Stratton Greenhouse, Bluffton. She was a member of County Line Church of the Brethren, Ada. 

The summer issue of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio “The Visioneer” is now on the Icon.

The issue includes some recent stories from Willow Ridge, an announcement about Delay the Disease program and some photos of Anita Lehman’s artwork recently displayed at the Mennonite Memorial Home.

To read the newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Boutique 415, located at 415 N. Main St., is holding a tax free weekend sale, according to Joan Frederick, of the shop.

The following items are on sale:
• $10 off Jag jeans
• 20 % off spring and summer apparel
• 20 % off Organic Earth Creation tees
• 20 % off all scarves, hats and shoes

Check out sale items at Facebook.com/Boutique415

Ohio Senate Bill 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.

Churches in the Pandora/Gilboa area are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora/Gilboa school district that find themselves in need. The boxes are designed to provide  nine meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, and three dinners) for a family of four.

In order to receive a food box, you must call Grace Mennonite Church at 419-384-3038 to register for a box by Saturday, Aug. 15. Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 11 a.m. at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

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