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Myah Keckler won first place in showmanship for her swine and first in her class for her Gilt Evie. She is in fifth grade at Ada. This took place Tuesday at the Hardin County Fair.

To post your junior fair awards, send information to [email protected].

This program was extended to all schools as a response to economic concerns brought on for many families by the COVID-19 pandemic

Ada Schools will participate in the federal meal program that will temporarily offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, according to Meri Skilliter, Ada superintendent. The program begins Thursday, Sept. 10.

"This program is expected to run through the end of the calendar year, Dec. 31," said the superintendent.

"If we get word that the program is terminating sooner, we will alert families immediately. This program was extended to all schools as a response to economic concerns brought on for many families by the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Ada Icon invites local 4-H leaders to send fair results for posting

Ian Dellifield, Ada High School senior, is the 2020 Hardin County Junior Fair king runner-up. The announcement was made Tuesday. The ceremony may be watched on YouTube by clicking here.

This year’s fair king is Lance Good of Hardin Northern. The fair queen is Allison Moore of Upper Scioto Valley. Lenore Kohl of Kenton is the queen runner-up. Ada’s queen candidate was Alyssa Wince.

Elizabeth Bower of Ada was named to the Ohio State-Lima summer dean’s list. To be on the list  a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average while taking at least 12 graded credit hours during the summer term.

Two members of the Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H Club were winners in the Hardin County Junior Fair judging.

• Slade Gossman received best of show poultry champion
• Melia Santillanez received best of show reserve champion 

Ada 4-H leaders may submit list of winners to [email protected].

AHS harriers run at Grove Invitational

By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada cross country teams competed at the annual 45-team Columbus Grove Invitational last Saturday at Clymer Stadium. 

All six Bulldog runners took significant time off their previous season-best times.

Ada junior Riley Ferguson finished 55th out of 86 runners to pace the Bulldog boys in the red division race. He covered 3.1 miles in a season-best 20:59.15.

Bulldog sophomore Robby Waters ended up 70th in a time of 22:35.73. Classmate Connor Daugherty came in 77th in 23:57.01.

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