FROM ADA ICON - Bluffton’s annual Fall Festival is next Saturday, Sept. 23 – and The Icon will provide lots of details about it soon.
In the meantime, Saturday, Sept. 16, is Ada’s 32nd annual Harvest and Herb Festival. Sponsored by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, it takes place in downtown Ada.
This year’s festival is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As in past year’s, it will fill Ada’s Main Street from Highland to College. Main Street will be closed at State Route 235 all the way to State Route 81.
The festival has over 120 vendors already signed up.
Mornings with Mommy, educational play-dates begin Monday, Sept. 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera.
Offered for infants through preschool age children (ages 0-5 years) and meet other moms, these dates continue on the first and third Mondays and Tuesdays of each month from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera.
Lima native Fred Krakowiak, nature and wildlife artist, will have a display of his artwork at ArtSpace/Lima Sept. 15 through Oct. 28, according to Bill Sullivan of ArtSpace.
Krakowiak will present a multi-media discussion and demonstration of his work at a Soup & Salad Lecture at ArtSpace on Thursday, Oct. 5. Visit the ArtSpace website for reservation information, www. artspacelima.com.
A public reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Transition Bluffton will host a presentation on invasive plant species at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.
Botanist Bob Antibus will talk and take questions about invasive plants in northwest Ohio. The event is free and open to the public.
Invasive plants are non-native species that can threaten our natural resources. Problems caused by invasive plants include crowding out of native Ohio plants, loss of suitable foods for area wildlife, and less plant diversity.
A Mom2Mom sale is set for 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 9, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.
Mothers of Preschoolers, MOPS, is sponsoring the event.
Tables are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Contact Lydia Steiner for details at [email protected]
Admission is free and the event includes a bake sale by donation. A collection of non-perishable food for the Bluffton food pantry will also take place.
