The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast from 7 until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, at the Alger Social Center, 210 N. Main, serving all-you-can-eat biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties, and beverage for $7.00. Carry out is available
The Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the Centennial Dixieland Jass Band ensemble in a 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, performance.
The Centennial Dixieland Jass Band (CDJB) ensemble was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the very first recorded jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB) on Feb. 26, 1917, in New York City.
The ODJB was a collective of five musicians from New Orleans, La., led by the famous cornet player Nick LaRocca.
The Centennial band is led by Dr. David Kosmyna, ONU associate professor of music.
The Ada Kiwanis Club will mark its 93rd anniversary when it meets at noon onTuesday, Feb. 28, in McIntosh Center. Kiwanian Jon Umphress will present a program on the club's first year in 1924.
Participants for the 25th annual Hardin Leadership class, a program designed for the development of informed and effective community leaders, are being recruited now until March 10.
Nine monthly sessions will focus on the knowledge/skills required by today's community leader, such as team building, public speaking, conflict management, social media, and marketing.
This year’s program will be offered in morning sessions from March through November.
March is coming in like a Lions event-wise in Ada.
The Icon now has Ada’s March events posted on its calendar. Viewers may access the calendar by clicking here or opening it on the black scroll bar at the top of the Icon home page.
Persons interested in having events posted on the calendar may send the event name, date, time and location to: [email protected]
The OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Allen, Hardin and Hancock County will be offering the Master Gardener Volunteer training program at the OSU-Lima Campus this spring. This program provides 50 hours of training in horticulture to interested gardeners who then commit to 50 hours of volunteer service in their home county.
Registration deadline is Feb. 20. Cost us $150.
Some topics include botany, plant selection, landscaping with annuals and perennials, vegetable gardening, tree selection and identification, fruit tree care, pesticides, soils and plant and insect identification.
