The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts and Nationwide Insurance present “Jungle Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live” on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Take a trip to the wild side and join America’s favorite zookeeper, “Jungle Jack,” as he features many of his favorite animals, fascinating stories and footage from around the world.
Weed Control Strategies is the focus of the next Conservation Tillage Club breakfast program Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Plaza Inn in Mt. Victory. The meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. with a complimentary buffet breakfast followed by the program at 8 a.m. The program will feature Harold Watters, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Agronomic Systems.
Ohio Northern University presents “An Evening With the Lacks Family” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public, this event is sponsored by ONU’s Committee on the Arts and Special Events, Freed Center for the Performing Arts, and Office of Multicultural Development.
The annual Ada District Geography Bee will take place from 9:25-10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in Ada Schools.
Participants representing:
4th grade: Ireland Marshall and Alex Scott (alternate is Morgan Dirmeyer)
5th grade: Cameron Bober and Wyatt Badertscher (alternate is Cole Anspaugh)
6th grade: Nathan Hurtig and Theo Hardesty (alternate is Michael Crouse)
7th grade: Cade Mullins and Morgan Swick (alternate is Ethan Hall)
8th grade: Logan Williams and Kiser Colley (alternate is Callie Young)
The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 7 to 11 a.m., at the Alger Social Center.
Serving biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage. Suggested donation is $7. All-you-can-eat (on premises only). Carry out is available.
Call 419-679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery. Located at the Alger Social Center on Main St. in Alger. Call 419-757-3891 for more information.
The El Campo Mexican Restaurant, 204 N. Main St., Ada, will host this month’s Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting. The meeting is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21.
After attendees order dinner individually from the menu, Raymond Schuck will present a program at 7 p.m., regarding early contact and conflict between colonists and Indians in North America, and how this lead to scouting for and eventually opening roads to the interior.
Schuck is an Assistant Professor of History at Ohio Northern University and Director of the Museum Studies Program. He retired in 2000 as the Director of the Allen County Museum in Lima. The public is invited.
