Events

Visitors can choose to participate in unstructured and/or structured activities during the Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center Open House on Saturday, July 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Oakwoods Nature Preserve. 

Activities and attractions include bird watching via the Windows on Wildlife, mounted animals and live animals on display, nature videos, field guides and nature books for reading, touch table and puppets, and seasonal displays and exhibits.

Saturday on the ONU lawn

By Monty Siekerman
From Ada Icon - For the fourth year, the local community will celebrate the 4th of July with a free Patriotic Pops Concert by the Lima Symphony Orchestra beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Ada.

Kirsten Osbun-Manley will once again be featured soloist and, for the first time, the Noteworthy Community Choir of Ada will perform.

It will now launch the football season - lots of new events planned

Ada’s now-famous football drop is moving, but all the fun from the event continues.

Previously held on Super Bowl Eve, this year’s Made in Ada Football Festival moves to Saturday, Aug. 25, in downtown Ada, according to Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

The festival celebrates Ada’s remarkable contribution to the sport of football, as all footballs used in the National Football League are made in the Ada Wilson’s factory.

New weekend feature only on the Bluffton Icon

Who said that it's just a long, hot summer? There's plenty of events in Bluffton this summer and in the week ahead.

For example, there's:
• Swiss Day
• Foodie Tuesday
• Bike rodeo
• Cars and coffee
• Farmers' market
• Craft sale at the senior center
• BFR programs

You can read about all these events and additional ones in our weekend feature "The Week Ahead." It's the next think below on your screen!
 

12 confirmed at The Centre on June 26

The next "Foodie Tuesday" is June 26 at The Centre, according to Stacy Stumbaugh.

It's a food truck event held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Centre, 601 N. Main St.

On the 26th, all who attend may chose dinners from the following food trucks:
 
• Fat Kid BBQ
• Kings Concessions
• Smokin’ Dick’s BBQ
• Dixie Girl
• Lugibihl Ice Cream
• Ricks Shack Outback
• Taco Fiesta Hinojosa
• Kona-Ice
• The Food Store
• Bubba C BBQ
• A to Z Meats
• N & H Concessions

Due to possible rain, the Bluffton Relay for Hope actitivies will move inside Bluffton Family Recreation tonight.

Relay for Hope takes place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, from  4 p.m. to midnight with the theme “Hope, Love, Believe, Walk for a Cure,” according to Lynda Best, chair of the event.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCHEDULE

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