The always-popular sale of the new (2015) Bulldog Cards began this week by students of the Ada Music Department.
This year’s version of the discount card offers free food and other money-saving offers at Ada, Kenton, Bluffton and Lima area restaurants and businesses.
This year’s card includes more offers than ever before, and an attractive new design. Merchants featured on this year’s card include:
• Norada Lanes, 3 Brothers Pizza, Viva Maria, The Cask Room, Reichert’s clothing store, Northern on Main/Starbucks Coffee Café, Jalapenos Mexican Grill, Carol Slane Florist, Fazoli’s...
Due to the inclement weather this week, the Ada Academic Boosters Box Tops promotion is extended through Thanksgiving break.
Monday, Dec. 1, is the last day to turn in for chances to win $150, $100 or $50 Visa gift card. There will be three winners for both high school and middle school.
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.
