October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Crossroads Crisis Center of Lima will be posting a "Have You Ever Said?" daily in October to help raise awareness of abusive relationships.
The Icon's October 2022 calendar is updated at www.adaicon.com/calendar and ready for your additions and adjustments. Please email [email protected] if you have events of general public interest to share.
Highlights for October include:
3 - Poet Annah Browning at Elzay Gallery
7 - Free Blood Pressure Checks at Ada Public Library
7 - Jazz Blue Trio at the Inn at ONU
10 - No School K-12
10-11 - ONU Fall Break
14 - ONU Law Golf Outing
14 - Jonathan Wey at The Inn at ONU
20 - Lovestruck Balladeers at Presser Hall
21 - Riley Jamison Music @ The Inn at ONU
21-23 ONU Homecoming
22 - Craft with Miss Chloe
22-23 Swing! at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts
25 - 2-hr Delay, K-12
27 - Halloween Party at Ada Public Library
27 - Trick or Treat Night
28 - Jazz Blue Trio at the Inn at ONU
30 - Band-O-Rama at the Freed Center
Ohio Northern University and the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce have announced that the 57th Town and Gown Banquet will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 7 in the McIntosh Ballroom at Ohio Northern University. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
The event will honor the 2022 Distinguished Person of the Year and welcome new businesses and persons to the Ada-Ohio Northern community.
Helen R. Robinson, age 89, of Lima, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 6:58 p.m., at Shawnee Manor, Lima.
She was born on December 16, 1932, in Floyd County, Kentucky to the late J.D. and Willa (Bays) Newberry. Helen first married Henry Shepherd, Sr, and he preceded her in death. Helen then married Charles Robinson in 1970 and they were married for over 51 years, he survives in Lima.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce documented October 1 pumpkin decorating activities hosted at Ada's historic Depot in collaboration with the Ada Public Library. Check the 72 photos at the chamber's Facebook page.
