FROM ADA ICON - Ada Rotary Club has a chicken barbecue dinner with your name on it.
The club hosts a carryout-drive-thru-only chicken barbecue dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6.
The drive-thru takes place at Hays Insurance, 202 S. Main St. Tickets are $9 per meal and include:
• One-half chicken
• Baked beans
• Macaroni salad
Tickets are available in advance at Quest Federal Credit Union and from any Ada Rotary Club member. Tickets may be purchased by calling 419-230-2250 or 419-303-0586.
What would have been the Bluffton community’s 17th annual Fall Festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing threat of Coronavirus.
Usually taking place on the fourth Saturday of September, Fall Festival Committee members have been monitoring the situation and discussing plans for weeks, and ultimately came to the difficult decision to cancel the event.
All participating organizations have expressed their desire to continue the Festival in 2021.
St. Mary's Catholic Youth will sell concessions at the Bluffton Pool to raise money for CYSC Summer Camp for 2021.
Concessions will be sold from 2-5 p.m. on:
Friday, July 31
Saturday, August 1
Wednesday, August 5
Friday, August 7
Wednesday, August 12
Friday, August 14.
100% of the proceeds will go to tuition for summer camp next year.
Bluffton merchants roll out the red carpet for shoppers during Discovery Days on Saturday, July 25, and again on Saturday, Aug. 22. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., more than a dozen shops will have special activities and sales.
“In February, our merchants held a hugely successful Chocolate Walk and this is a similar cooperative project,” said Paula Scott, CEO of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
The next Bluffton Cars and Coffee event is Saturday, July 25, at Masterpiece Signs, 902 N. Main St.
The event is an “informal gathering for enthusiasts and their cars," said Tim Boutwell. The monthly cars and coffee event continues through October. It is always held on the fourth Saturday of the month.
Each event is from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the following Saturdays: July 25, Aug. 22, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24.
The Inn at ONU invites persons for a Saturday morning of “Art in the Garden Courtyard.”
It’s from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 25, at The Inn, 401 W. College Ave., Ada.
Participants have the option of choosing an art project – there’s an option for everyone in the family – as everyone is seated at your own personal 6-foot table to ensure social distancing.
Guests may arrive at their leisure and take the complexity of your art project for consideration when selecting your preferred arrival time.
