Several events of interest to Icon viewers are on the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce July calendar. Those events follow:
• Board of Directors – July 8, 8 a.m.
• Membership meeting – July 15, 8 a.m.
• 4th of July Lima Symphony Concert, ONU campus, 7 p.m.
• Music on Main – July 10
Activities include: WONB Music from 4:30 – 6 p.m., Common Thread will play from 6 – 8 p.m., Dietsch’s ice cream while supplies last, Kiwanis's chicken barbecue, vendor show in the Depot, and sidewalk sales.
• Sidewalk sales – July 9, 10, and 11.
First United Methodist Church and Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold their summer Vacation Bible School from Sunday, Aug. 2, to Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the First UMC, Ada.
This year's VBS theme centers on devouring The Fruits of the Spirit. Those include patience, faithfulness, self-control, kindness, joy, gentleness, love, goodness and peace.
VBS is open to youth ages 3 to sixth grade. To register your child email to: [email protected], or call the church at 419-634-4626 between 9 a.m. and noon Mondays through Fridays.
The Hardin County Democratic Central and Executive Committees ill meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 8, at Henry's Restaurant, 995 N. Detroit St., Kenton.
Plans for the Democrat booth at the Hardin County Fair, Sept. 8-13, will be discussed. The next meeting is Aug. 12.
The Ada Food Pantry will distribute its annual Independence Day dinner package to pre-registered households at the Presbyterian Church, 201 S. Main, on Saturday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to noon.
A secret garden is in plain sight of many passersby along Ada's North Main Street.
The well-tended and designed garden features mostly herbs.
Owned by the Tom Elsasser family for 35 years, the home and garden is located across from the Methodist Church and next to the library.
It's a pleasant view for the many drivers and walkers who pass by throughout the day. Next time you are in the area, slow down, glance over and enjoy the scene.
(Monty Siekerman)
You can watch a free outdoor movie in Ada on Friday night.
That's right. And, Woody and Buzz Lightyear will be there.
The movie, Toy Story, will be shown on a 40-foot screen on the Ohio Northern University tundra. This is the second of three free outdoor summer movies sponsored by The Freed Center for the Performing Arts and Bluffton Hospital.
The movie starts at dusk. ReStore will sell pop, popcorn and candy during the movie. Families are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the movie under the stars.
This is the first full length animated film, and it was a blockbuster produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney in 1995.
