Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Service Group will hold its annual Thanksgiving bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, in the Mennonite Memorial Home lobby, 410 W. Elm St.
The sale includes cinnamon rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and breads, just in time for your Thanksgiving holiday entertaining.
Bluffton University will present its 121st performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.
Jonathan Wey, visiting conductor, makes his debut conducting the oratorio at Bluffton. The 20-member orchestra includes professional players from the area and some Bluffton faculty and staff. Students join faculty, staff and community members in the 65-voice Bluffton Choral Society.
Bluffton seventh grader Ellie Nickel is the first place winner in this year's Bluffton Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest, according to Coleen Lazar, Lions president.
Second place winner is Lauren Swartzlander. Third place winner is Wes Brauen.
Ellie's poster advances to the district level to be judged against poster winners from across northwestern Ohio. Last year’s Bluffton winner, Luisa Dunlap, was also the Lions district winner.
Bluffton's winners were announced at the Lions Club luncheon on Nov. 15.
The Icon caught up with Mitchell Ault, freshman at Walsh University, and quarterback on its football team. Mitchell holds Bluffton High School records with most career passing yards (5,645), most career completions (380/674), and most career TD passes (60).
The fourth annual Cory-Rawson cheerleading holiday craft show and bake sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at Cory-Rawson schools.
Over 40 vendors will participate. Concessions and raffles are part of the event. All proceeds benefit the C-R cheerleaders. For more details contact Michele Rettig at 419-306-1553.
Julia Spicher Kasdorf, professor of English and women’s studies at Pennsylvania State University, will present “News from Poems: History and Practice of Documentary Poetry” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Founders Hall.
The award-winning poet and essayist will introduce documentary poetry, a vital stream of American letters since the 1930s.
The 25th Christmas Tree Festival at the Putnam District Library, 136 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa, will be from Dec. 3 to Jan. 5 sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
More than 35 decorated trees will be on display. Saturday, Dec. 3 will feature an open house at the Ottawa Library from 1 to 3 p.m. including music, refreshments and a visit from Santa.
By Monty Siekerman, Ada Icon
Ohio Northern University Art Professor Emily Jay points to a plaster mold of her feet that she photographed to show how landscape affects us. How does this photo show landscape with no trees, mountains, or oceans?
Emily explained that she buried the plaster molds in the dirt in Norway. Upon digging them up a month later, she discovered them cracked, moldy, and slimy...thus, the terrain and weather in Norway affected her molds.
