Ada prepares for the holidays
Nothing slows down in Ada during the weeks leading up to the fall and winter holidays. Here’s a list of events happened to prove that previous statement. Watch the Icon for complete developments on most of these events.
November
• Throughout November – Liberty National Bank – Project Warmth – donate hats, gloves, scarfs and coats to local children in need
• Nov. 11-22 – Beatitudes holiday raffle
• Nov. 17-22 – Festival of Trees, Community Health Professionals
• Nov. 20 – Ada Area Chamber of Commerce membership meeting
at Ada Public Library, 8 a.m.
• Nov. 22 – Liberty National Bank tailgate party, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Nov. 22 -23 – ONU Holiday Spectacular, Freed Center, 7:30 p.m.
• Nov. 30 – Breakfast with Santa at The Inn at ONU, 9-11 a.m.
December
• Dec. 2 – Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Merry on Main, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Dec. 5 – Rotary Club holiday food and wine pairing at The INN, 6 p.m.
Monthly
• Ada Food Pantry (basement of First Presbyterian Church of Ada)
Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon
Free community meals
• Crock Pot Tuesdays
Beatitudes, 4-6 p.m.
• Community Lunch, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Beatitudes, 11-1 p.m.
• Last Wednesday of every month,
St. Mark Lutheran Church, 5-6:30 p.m.
Weekly
• Bingo at Center on Central every Thursday, supporting the Ada Music Boosters and Ada-Liberty Fire Department. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Bingo at 7 p.m.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Bluffton Icon headlines, October 29
- Kenton missing person investigation leads to arrests and discovery of deceased individual
- Ada Council meeting rescheduled for November 10
- District Governor urges Ada Rotary to make lasting impact
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Leading fish expert to deliver Keiser Lecture at Ohio Northern on Nov. 3
- Down Memory Lane: ONU Homecoming celebration in 1925
- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Bulldogs Allen, Rush voted 1st team by NCOSA coaches
- Ada girls soccer eliminated by Grove in district semis
- Northwest Ohio field reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Can you look up Rotarian in the dictionary?
- Vancrest of Ada to host purse bingo in Kenton
- Karen Kier named to Soroptimist International Gender Medicine Working Group
- Ada ballot for Nov. 3 includes ambulance district, public library and two park district tax levy issues
Monday, October 26, 2026
- Polar Bears sports roundup, October 19-25
- Bluffton Icon headlines October 26
- Jerry R. Wolber, 88, owned Associated Plastics
- Blanchard Valley Health System Announces Updates to Board of Trustees
- Bingo with Officer Penny, October 27
- Farms, Barns & Rural Heritage event celebrates WCOLC 20th anniversary