Ada's is ready for some holiday treats. You'll find them as events in the December section of the Ada Icon's Hometown Happenings.
The calendar, compiled by Darlene Bowers, includes lots of events taking place in Ada during December and January.
On our schedule includes events from:
• The Ada community
• Public meetings
• Village service schedule
• Ada Public Library
• Ohio Northern University
• The Inn at ONU
• The Freed Center
• Ada schools
A printer-friendly version is attached at the bottom of this story, for easy reference.
Mercantile on Main, 117 S. Main, will have a drawing for a $25 gift certificate during Merry on Main in downtown Ada on Monday evening.
Jodi Callahan and Mindy Altstaetter, owners of the new store, invite all to visit their establishment and enter the drawing while shopping along Main Street from 5-7:30 p.m.
The 6th annual Merry on Main, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, includes a live nativity scene, Santa, hot chocolate, a choir singing, live reindeer, store specials, and more.
Photo: Mercantile on Main storefront all decked out for the holiday season.
Darlene Bowers and her son, Ben, built a Christmas tree out of books, which is appropriate for an Ada Public Library window display during this time of year. The tree is built of books with pages cut into the shapes of ornaments and is topped with a book titled “Huckleberry Christmas.”
Levi Probst, Bluffton, is the winner of the Ohio State vs. Michigan football contest.
With 70 entries in the contest, no contestant picked OSU to win by more than 21 points. OSU won by 23, winning 62 to 39.
Probst was the closest contestant. He predicted OSU to win by 14 to 20 points. He won both tie-breakers, saying OSU would score first and would lead at the half.
In second place - each predicting OSU to win by 14 to 20 points were:
• Ken Shonk (lost by predicting Michigan would score first)
• Kimberly Robinette (lost by failing to predict who would score first)
• Jerry Burkholder (lost by predicting Michigan would score first)
Vancrest will hold its third annual Christmas craft show with 34 vendors this year—and Santa will be there, too.
The sale of holiday and everyday items will take place from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. Vancrest is located on SR 81 West across from the Ada Schools.
Shoppers will find a huge variety of merchandise to choose from—jewelry, Christmas towels, cookies, and all manner of unique crafts.
