There's no chance to relax in Ada this holiday season.
Something takes place every day now until Christmas. And, it doesn't stop as January's calendar is filling up also.
Here's the Icon's Hometown Happenings calendar for December and January. Darlene Bowers puts the calendar together for the Icon.
You'll find events from:
• The community
• Ada schools
• Ohio Northern University
• The Freed Center
• The Inn at ONU
• Public meetings
• Ada village services schedule
• Ada Public Library
Patti Risner, ReStore store manager, holds a new winter coat for a child.
Earlier this week, the ReStore Community Center will begin giving away new coats donated by the Knights of Columbus in Kenton.
New hats, mittens, gloves, and boots, donated by the Ada First United Methodist Church and the Hardin County Foundation, will also be given away to those in need.
By Monty Siekerman
Mike and Beth Milks, a well-known Ada couple, welcome you to their 1880s Queen Anne style home during the Candy Cane Tour of Homes on Sunday afternoon.
The Victorian homestead, with a carriage house out back, is located at 424 S. Johnson St. There are several Christmas trees and other holiday decorations to view in the house with tall ceilings, alcoves, beautiful woodwork, and wallpapered rooms, all befitting a home build many decades ago.
By Monty Siekerman
Monday's Merry on Main will feature all kinds of music:
• A French horn musician in front of Streamline Insurance
• Carolers strolling down Main Street
• Bagpipers in front of The Cask
• And a sax musician playing around the Depot
Plus, the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce event will find Santa at the Ada First United Methodist Church and a pair of reindeer at the Depot.
The Depot will also be the site of kids crafts and voting for the best business window display.
Tallene Eichelberger, general manager of The Inn, arranges a holiday display in the hotel lobby.
The Inn and Mike and Beth Milk's home in Ada are among 7 locations in the county that will be on the Candy Cane Tour of Homes sponsored by Keep Hardin County Beautiful.
Tickets for the Sunday afternoon tour are available at The Inn and New Leaf Garden Center. The Inn will offer hot cocoa and tours of the guest rooms and banquet spaces dressed in holiday finery.
The tour is from 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
