November is National Hospice and Home Care Month, but most of us would never know it.
Home care and hospice services continue to be shrouded in mystery and are frequently misunderstood, despite it touching hundreds of area families, and despite the many volunteers who devote hours of their precious time to it.
Ada Boy Scout Troop 124 and Cub Scout Troop 124 will collect food and paper items for the Ada Food Pantry Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. and noon.
According to the Scouts: "Please leave items in a bag or box with the yellow “Scouting for Food” tag attached to it on your front step by 9 a.m. on Saturday and Scout will be in your neighborhood to pick them up.
"If you did not receive a yellow tag at your home please place items with a note attached to it for pick up.
"If your items are not picked up by noon call Tom Lehman at 419-634-1466 and leave a message and we will pick it up as soon as possible."
The Inn at Ohio Northern University will host a Paint and Sip Fundraising event from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, to benefit The Ada Dog Park Project.
The event will feature participants creating a silhouette painting of their favorite pooch using acrylic paint on canvas that may be suitable for framing. Participants will be led by Marilyn Reed of Marilyn's Artistry, a resident of Ada. Cost for supplies, plus prepared hot appetizers and a glass of wine is $45 per person.
Registration is preferred by calling The Inn at ONU 419-772-2500. Only 35 reservations will be accepted as space is limited. Call with any questions or inquiries to accommodate your needs.
On Tueday, Ada village voters will decide the fate of a .15 percent renewal income tax levy for repairs, maintenance, operations and improvements to the Ada pool.
Fund collected from the tax do the following:
• Provides money for operating costs
• Upgrade and maintenance of old filter system
• Bathhouse upgrades and improvements
• Concrete deck repairs
• Water slide upgrade and repairs
• Added new features to the pool
• Builds a pool reserve fund
If passed the levy will be in force for the next 20 years. The levy is a renewal of an income tax first passed 20 years ago, in 1995.
The Ada Music Boosters 37th annual Music Feast is Saturday, Nov. 8.
This year’s program features high school students from 14 visiting show choirs from Ohio and Indiana. The Ada Varsity Singers, under the direction of Abigail Glenn, Vocal Music Director, and Jonathan Lischak, Director of Instrumental and co-director, will provide an exhibition performance as the host school for this day-long event.
