The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce has a busy year planned. Several events planned by the chamber and in conjunction with the chamber were announced at the August chamber meeting. Here’s what’s on the calendar in coming months:
Community meals
• First Wednesday of each month - Richland Manor lunch and Bingo at Community Health Professionals
• ReStore crock pot Tuesday – Every Tuesday at ReStore
• St. Mark’s Lutheran Church – Last Wednesday of the month
Harvest and Herb Festival
• Sept. 20 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Oct. 27 – Halloween parade, soup cook off and pie-baking contest. Chamber will sponsor the pie-baking contest at the Depot
Two Ada High School groups will perform at this year's Hardin County Fair. Performing are the Ada High School marching band and the Ada High School Varsity Singers.
The Marching Bulldogs will perform their 2014-15 competition show Tuesday. Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Grandstand of the fairgrounds. This year's competition theme is "Apocalypse" and the band is directed by Jonathan Lischak.
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephan Schwartz” on Friday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
Veteran singers from Broadway will perform music composed by the legendary Schwartz, who has composed some of the most recognizable songs from movies and Broadway. In a career spanning more than four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as “Godspell,” “Pippin” and “Wicked.”
Naked Truth Event, women's conference, is scheduled Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at Shawnee Alliance Church, Lima, according to Kathy Burrus, chair of the event.
Burrus said, "Ever wonder what God’s opinion is about passion and intimacy in marriage? How does your spiritual health influence your sexual health?"
The conference will feature Dr. Juli Slattery, psychologist, author, speaker (and former co-host of the Focus on the Family daily broadcast), along with Linda Dillow, bestselling author, Bible teacher and international speaker on God’s perspective of sexuality.
Ohio Northern University's Observatory first event of the season is Friday, Aug. 29, titled is "Comet Rendezvous/Neptune Opposition." The program is from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.This event is free to the public but it is contingent on mostly clear skies.
"On this night, we celebrate encounters with two comets. For Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a spacecraft called "Rosetta" has just reached the comet and is finding the optimum site for a November landing," said Dr. Jason Pinkney, professor of physics and astronomy and ONU Observaory manager.
Dancers' Elite, dance studio, Bluffton, will hold its season open house from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the studio located at 9364 Dixie Highway, Bluffton, according to Debbie Garlock, studio owner.
This is Garlock's 35th year in business. Parents and caregivers wanting more information about the open house and classes may contact Garlock at 419-358-0900 or 419-235-0811.
There will be extra dinners available for the Ada Music Boosters annual BBQ this Friday, August 29, before Ada’s first home football game with USV.
Dinners will be available at the Ada Park on Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and you simply drive through the park in your car to be served. The Ada Music Boosters Chicken BBQ features a complete and delicious dinner for $8 each. For more information, visit the Ada Music Boosters Web page at www.AdaMusicBoosters.org or call or text Dave Smittle at 419-230-8147.
The Hardin County Hootenannies 4-H Club members are excited about the new sign they have designed for the fair this year.
They wish to thank the wonderful artist Sara Hoenshel for painting the 4 different breeds of goats on the 4-H clover in the center and also advisor Grant Mizek for all his work on the sign.
They hope you will come and see it in person and watch the goat show next Tuesday in the goat tent starting at 9 a.m.
The Freed Center for the Performing Arts at Ohio Northern Unversity will have a 24-hour sale on tickets for the 2014-15 season on Monday, Aug. 25. The event will run from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
This is an opportunity to get great deals on amazing seats for the 2014-15 season. During the 24-hour sale, all tickets are $4 for headliners and $2 for in-house productions and 24-hour sale tickets are available by walk-in or phone only 419-772-1900.
The first program of the season is ONU Defying Gravity Production on Friday, Aug. 29, at Freed Center.
In the month of July, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 2.85 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for July was 7.4 inches. With the exception of three townships, this past month was a dry month as rainfall was 1.31 inches below the 10-year average rainfall for the month of July.
