Your "Weekend" is here and it offers lots of events in the Bluffton and Ada Icon viewership area. A printed copy is also available at the Bluffton Public LIbrary and Common Grounds
The Ada VFW Post 9381 will expand its car show this year after a successful first year. This year’s show is Saturday afternoon, July 16, at the VFW Post, 2147 State Route 235, north of Ada.
Last year's event drew 40 cars and 15 motorcycles.
New this year will be a truck category.
Registration of $10 is from 2 to 4 p.m. Judging is from 4 to 6 p.m. and awards are presented at 6:30 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded for car, bike and truck categories, best of show, people's choice award, participant's award, mayor's choice award.
The Arlington Village Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13.
One of the events is a parade and area organizations and businesses are invited to participate. The parade is at 6 p.m., Friday, Aug 12. Line up starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Arlington elevator lot and in front of the Arlington High School.
Junior Weihrauch, who directs the Bluffton Blaze of Lights parade, is the Arlington parade director. He invites local groups to participate and the an application form is attached to this story.
The Cask Room, 127 S. Main St., Ada, will host a game night later this month.
The event is from 5 to 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 26. Sponsors of the game night say that whether you are new to board games, or a seasoned player, there is a game for you.
Game night is sponsored by The Knights of the Game Table. Members will be on hand to teach new games to all present.
The Cask room will have a themed food and drink menu that evening. For more information go to Knights of the Game Table on Facebook.
Protected growth strategies in a low interest rate environment is the topic of a free lunch and learn program held in Ada later this month.
The program takes place from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, July 28, at Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main St., Ada. Liberty National Bank of Ada is the program and lunch sponsor.
Chad Newsome and Michael McMeans will present the program. Persons interested in attending must rsvp by Thursday, July 21 to Deb Curlis at CHP, at 419-634-7443.
"Love is in the Air" and you can't help but fall in love with the 2016-2017 Ada Varsity Singers show.
You can watch a special free premier performance at 7 p.m., Friday, July 15, in the Ada High School auditorium.
The Varsity Singers are putting their "heart and soul" into working hard this week to learn this year's competition show.
Under the direction of their new vocal director, Scott Henning, instrumental director, Jonathan Lischak, and new choreographer Zach Triscari, the VS plans to compete at Piqua, Findlay, Medina, Marion Harding, Marysville, as well as host their annual Music Feast show choir competition this school year.
