Plays, musicals, orchestra, band, and dance performances detailed in season brochure
AUG 16 MEDIA RELEASE__The Freed Center for the Performing Arts 2025-2026 season opens during ONU’s homecoming weekend with the small, intimate, contemporary musical The Mad Ones by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk.
The four-person cast tells the story of 18-year-old Sam who isn’t sure that Ivy League school is the right choice anyone when her path takes a sharp and painful turn. The show follows Sam’s journey through grief and her decision to pursue her own future.
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
The Ada Farmers & Merchants Parade is a longstanding tradition. Century21 Sunway Realty volunteered to organize the parade starting in 2019, according to Realtor Becky Neville: “We did not have a parade in 2020. Every year it has grown. Ada really supports the parade.”
Overall, there were more than 60 units. Parade organizers start contacting participants in the spring and work on getting sign ups through the summer.
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By James Massara
The temperature was high but the level of fun was higher, as crowds filled Ada War Memorial Park on August 9 for the 112th Annual Farmers and Merchants Picnic.
The day began with the picnic’s annual parade through Ada on Saturday morning. Events filled the day and into the night until the last entry made its way down the track at the Hardin County Tractor Pullers “Picnic Pull.”
Hardin County — The final program of the Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteers Summer Program Series is set to take place on Tuesday, August 19. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the topic has been changed to Companion Planting which will be presented by Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteer, Christine Heilman. Companion planting is a gardening technique where plants that mutually benefit one another are planted together rather than separately in traditional garden planting.
FROM HARDIN COUNTY TRACTOR PULLERS ON FACEBOOK__Good evening pullers and fans. We are less than a week away from the Farmers and Merchants Picnic Pull on Saturday, August 9 at 6 p.m. at the Ada War Memorial Park in Ada, Ohio.
We have a great line up of classes. Hook drops at 6:00 p.m.
Admission $10 for adults, kids 10 and under free with paid adult, seniors over 65 and veterans free.
Open pits, check out all your favorite local pullers and pulling vehicles.
On Monday, August 4 from 9:00-11 a.m., the ONU Mobile Health Clinic will be at the Alger Public Library to provide back-to-school shots for students in 7-12th grades.
The library is located at 100 W Wagner St, PO Box 18, Alger, Ohio.
