AN EASY-TO-READ PRINTER-FRIENDLY CALENDAR IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
Anyone who says nothing happens in Ada during the summer has failed to study the attached Ada Community Highlights calendar. It is created by The Ada Icon for distribution of the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC)
Here goes:
Community Events
• Farmersʼ Market – Community Health Professionals 4-7 pm each Thursday in June and July
• Music Boosters – Lions Club Bingo Each Thursday – Alumni N-menʼs Building, doors open 5:30 pm; Bingo begins at 6:55 p.m.
• Ada Food Pantry (located in basement of First Presbyterian Church of Ada)
Tuesdays 4 pm - 6 pm
Saturdays 10 am - 12 noon
• Free community meals
o Crock Pot Tuesdays, ReStore, 4-6 pm
o Last Wednesday of the month, St. Markʼs Lutheran Church, 5:30-7 pm
• Ada Pool Opening day May 26–Season pool passes are on sale at the water office. Ada residents/taxpayers can get passes for $30 per person through June 2. After June 2, the cost is $40 per person. Non-residents/non-taxpayers can get passes for $60 per person through June 2. After June 2, the cost is $80 per person. A resident/taxpayer is anyone who works or lives within the Village limits and is required to file and pay Village income tax.
• June 2-6 Vacation Bible School St. Mark Lutheran Church 9am-12Noon
• June 7 Hugh O”Brian (HOBY) Youth Leadership community service day
• June 13 Buy Ada First committee announces Music on Main Cruise In 6-8pm at Depot Park. Music by WONB 94.9FM. Presale chicken bbq dinner at Hays Insurance sponsored by Ada Rotary Club.
• July 11 Buy Ada First committee announces Music on Main with band Kwik Fire sponsored by Liberty National Bank.
Ada Schools
Information below courtesy of Ada School website (ada.k12.oh.us)
May 31 Alumni Assoc. Dinner
June 2-5 High School Volleyball Camp 8:30am-11:30am
June 9-12 High Glass Basketball Camp Boys 8:00am-3:30pm
June 16-19 High Glass Basketball Camp Girls 8:00am-3:30pm
July 14-18 Varsity Singer Camp 8am-5pm performance July 18 6-8pm
July 21-25 and July 28-August 1 Band Camp 8am-6pm performance evening August 1
Ada Public Library
June 2-July 11 Summer Reading Program
Kick-off Saturday, May 31st, 10am-2pm The Library will be hosting 4-H animals, face painting, a Used Book Sale, and "Touch-a-Truck" (where kids can get up close with a tractor, ambulance, police car, and fire truck). Sign-up for Summer Reading begins that day too! Summer Reading is for EVERYONE of all ages, and runs June 2 - July 11.
JUNE
June 2 11am K -5th Make & Take
12pm LIONS Clubs Vision Screening
3pm Teen Crafts
June 3 11am K-5th Totally Science
12pm LIONS Club Vision Screening (Pre-school & K)
3pm 6th-12th Totally Science
6pm Family Storytime
7pm Adult Book Group Reader's Choice Graphic Novels *Bring a graphic novel you've
read to share with the group* There are pre-selected choices at the CIRC desk, or feel
free to choose from our Graphic Novel section.
June 4 11am Movie: Frozen
3pm Movie: Catching Fire
June 5 11am Playdate
3pm Wii Games
6pm "Your Amazing Brain"
June 6 11am Lego-Palooza
4pmTween Book Group (4th-6th grades) “Houdini: The Handcuff King” by Jason Lutes
June 7 10:30am Pre-School Information Expo
June 9 11am K-5 Make & Take
3pm Teen Craft
6pm Book Speed Dating
June 10 11am Lego Robotics
3pm 6-12 Totally Science
6pm Family Storytime
June 11 11am Movie: Cloudy w/Chance of Meatballs 2
3pm Movie: City of Bones
6:30pm Knit & Crochet Club
June 12 11am Sensory Science
3pm Family Games
6pm Bigfoot in Ohio
June 13 11am Very Hungry Caterpillar Party
3pm Sidewalk Chalk @ the Library
June 16 11am Turtle Lady
3pm Teen Craft
June 17 11am K-5 Mad Scientist Fashion Show
3pm 6-12 Mad Scientist Fashion Show
6pm Family Storytime
June 18 11am Movie: Scooby Doo Episodes
3pm "The Dead Speak to the Living"
6pm History of Hardin Co. Cemeteries
June 19 11am Star Lab
11:45am Star Lab
3pm Wii Games
4pm Teen Book Group (7th-12th grades) “Darius & Twig” by Walter Dean
6pm 10 Things You Never Knew About Investing
June 20 11am Playdate
3pm Junkbox Creations
June 23 11am K-5 Make & Take
3pm Teen Craft
6pm Paranormal Investigations
June 24 11am Mr. Molecule
3pm 6-12 Totally Science
6pm Family Storytime
June 25 11am Movie: Sofia the First episodes
3pm Movie: Pitch Perfect
6:30pm Knit & Crochet Club
June 26 11am Sensory Science
3pm Family Games
6pm UFO Sightings
June 27 11am Sidewalk Chalk @ the Library
June 30 11am K-5 Make & Take
3pm Teen Craft
9:30pm The Night Sky @ ONU Observatory
July 1 11am K-5 Gross-olgy
3pm 6-12 Gross-ology
6pm Family Storytime w/Adam Renard
7pm Adult Book Group “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
JULY
July 2 11am Pool & Pizza Party
July 3 11am Pool & Pizza Party RAIN DATE
6pm Family Games
July 4 Independence Day LIBRARY CLOSED
July 7 11am Playdate
3:30pm Lego-Palooza
July 8 6pm Family Storytime
July 9 11am Lego Movie
3pm Movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6:30pm Knit & Crochet Club
July 10 11am Sensory Science
3pm Wii Games
July 11 11am Sidewalk Chalk @ Your Library
2pm Christmas in July Gingerbread Houses
4pm Tween Book Group (4th-6th grades) “Frindle” by Andrew Clements
July 12 Summer Reading ENDS!
July 17 4pm Teen Book Group (7th-12th grades) “Maze Runner” by James Dashner
July 21 10:30am Playdate
July 22 6pm Family Storytime
July 23 6:30pm Knit & Crochet Club
July 24 3:30pm Lego-Palooza
July 29 6pm Family Storytime
Ohio Northern University
May 30-June 1 Alumni Weekend
June 9-13 Piano Camp
June 15-20 Summer Music Camp
June 13, 20, 27 Summer Orientation Days
June 15-20 SAHI (Summer Academic and Honors Institute) Camp
June 22-27 SAHI (Summer Academic and Honors Institute) Camp
July 13-16 Camp GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science)
July 25 Summer Polar Preview Day
July 26 ONU Day at Cedar Point
July 29- Aug. 2 - Piano Camp
The Inn at ONU
Just JazzInn! 5:00-7:30pm Fridays Enjoy live jazz music
Appetizer buffet begins at 5:00 PM with live music starting at 5:30 PM. Reservations not required for Just JazzInn but are accepted:
June 6 Gene Parker Duo
June 13 Gene Parker and Maria Fricano
June 20 Dave Kosmyna and Ray Heitger
June 27 Gene Parker
July 11 Dean Altstaetter
July 18 Gene Parker Duo
July 25 Dave Kosmyna and Ray Heitger
June 12 - Food & Wine Pairing. 6:30 PM Delicious courses paired perfectly with fine wines. Enjoy live music as well. It's a unique evening out with friends and family. Please call 419.772.2500. $45.00 per person (plus tax/gratuity).
June 26 - Uncork your Creativity 6:00 PM - It's an evening to be inspired. Under the guidance of a professional artist, you'll create your own masterpiece to take home. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a glass of wine. Great for a girls night out or a special date! $35.00 per person (plus
tax/gratuity). All supplies are included.
June 27 - Mystery Dinner Theatre - 7:00 PM. Don't miss this fun evening! Last year's event was a sell-out. You'll laugh at loud as you help solve the evening's crime! The dinner, non-alcoholic beverage and theatre ticket are all included. $29.00 per person (plus tax/gratuity).
Public Meetings
Ada Area Chamber of Commerce 8 am, Community Health Professionals, 3rd Wednesdays of each month - (note no meetings in June or July this summer)
Ada Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) –June 18, July 16, McIntosh, noon
Ada Exempted Village School Board - meeting dates to be announced
Ada Village Council – June 3, June 17, July 1, July 15, July 29 6:30 p.m.
Liberty Township Trustees - 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, 8 p.m.
Ada Village Services Schedule
Refuse pick up – June 10, June 24, July 8, July 22
Recycle and refuse pick up – June 3, June 17, July 1, July 15, July 29
Save the Date
Lincoln BuyWay Sales - August 7-9
101st Annual Farmers and Merchants Picnic – August 8-9
Ada First Day School 2014-2015 - August 18
ONU Fall Semester begins - August 25
Hardin County Fair - September 2-7
Ada Harvest and Herb Festival - September 20
ONU Homecoming - October 4
Information provided for “Community Highlights” is gathered is from Ada Schools, Ohio Northern University, Village of Ada and Ada Public Library websites and event submissions made to The Ada Icon.
For complete details of these and other events in June and July, please check:
• The Ada Herald (weekly newspaper)
• The Ada Icon (www.adaicon.com)
To add events to the August-September calendar, please send information by July 20 to: [email protected]
