The Freed Center for the Performing Arts will have a 24-hour sale on tickets for the 2014-15 season.
The event will run from 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, to 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 25. This is an opportunity for great deals on amazing seats for this upcoming season.
During the 24-hour sale, all tickets are $4 for headliners and $2 for in-house productions. 24-hour sale tickets are available by walk-in or phone only 419-772-1900.
On Friday, Aug. 29, music composed by the legendary Stephen Schwartz will be performed. The program includes from his award-winning "Defying Gravity" musical number from Wicked to other Broadway greats.
The 2014 Perseid meteor shower will peak between Aug. 10 and 13. A waning Gibbous Moon (the Moon's phase after a full moon) may make it harder for observers to see the shower.
Saturday the Farmers' and Merchants' Picnic kicks into full gear. Here's the schedule:
• 8 a.m. – OWHA Show, contest, halter and performance classes
• 9:30 a.m. parade – West Lincoln to Main Street to Park
• 10:30 a.m. – Main stage, flag raising, crowning of Little Prince and Princess
• 11 a.m. – Main stage, Pedal tractor pull for kids
• Noon – golf cart pull • 1 to 3 p.m. Al Best Band
• 3 to 4 p.m., Lima Bean Chorus
• 4 to 5:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hypnotic Vision
Wanda J. Brown, 82, died on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 at 5:47 a.m. at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
She was born on Oct. 8, 1931, in Hancock County, Ohio to Charles R. and Frances (Marquart) Gossman and they preceded her in death. She was formerly married to Russell Brown from 1950 to 1975 and he survives in Ada.
15 Minutes with Karl Karcher, 2013 AHS Graduate
By Bailey Bowers
What have you been up to since your graduation from Ada High School?
Well, I finished up my first year at Bluffton University and I’m getting ready to start my second year there. I had a job as a student assistant in the University Tech Center all year and I am currently employed there full-time for the summer. I will be working there again this school year.
