A visit from Santa,
a Christmas sing-along,
a jazz band concert,
book discussion groups,
plenty of potlucks,
a chance to create a gingerbread house,
plus several interesting performances at The Freed Center.
That's just a glimpse of events taking place in Ada during December and January. The Icon's Ada Highlights calendar covering all the events we could find in December and January is now posted on The Icon.
We've provided Icon viewers a printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.
The Hardin County American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.
To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-Red-Cross (1-800-733-2767 or go online to www.redcrossblood.org. Eligibility rules for giving blood are also noted on the website.
A line of strong thunderstorms is track across western Ohio this morning mixing down very
strong winds aloft.
At 7:45 a.m. radar indicated a line strong thunderstorms extending from Union City, Ohio
to Greensburg, Ind. This line of storms was moving to the northeast at 50 m.p.h. and will impact portions of western Ohio (Lima, Ottawa, Findlay, Kenton) with gusts as high as 65 m.p.h. in the next several hours.
The Hardin County Chamber & Business Alliance and the Buy Ada First Committee will kick off the holiday season with the 25 Days of Christmas Buy Local Contest.
The contest will begin on Monday, Nov. 24, and will run through Thursday, Dec. 18. Beginning Nov. 24, each time you spend money at a participating business you’ll get signed up to win a $500, $200, or $100 Chamber Gold gift certificate or one of over 30 great gifts.
Ninety-nine models, including ONU’s own Miss Minnesota, walked the runway at McIntosh Center for a good cause on Nov. 18.
Community Health Professional’s Glitz and Glimmer Style Show, part of this year’s Festival of Trees, put on the show, which featured models showing clothes from 15 area retailers.
Deb Curlis, show director, moved the event from CHP’s to McIntosh this year as it outgrew its space last year.
A copy of the program, listing all models and retailers, is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
