And here are the pedal pull winners from Saturday
There's more high-powered tractors in Ada than you might realize. Fifty-six youth entered this year's Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic pedal pull, coordinated by the Ada Kiwanis Club.
ALL WINNERS PHOTOS BELOW
Here are the winners:
Class 1 (age 3 & 4) 11 competitors
1st Place Marshall Capps Lima
2nd Place Chad Williams Ada
3rd Place Carter Reese Perrysburg
4th Place Langston McClain Ada
Class 2 (age 5 & 6) 26 competitors
1st Place Slade Gossman Ada
2nd Place Carson Reese Ada
3rd Place Lane Shea Leipsic
4th Place Andrue Lamb Alger
Class 3 (age 7 & 8) 19 competitors
1st Place Madisun McCoy Dunkirk
2nd Place Kennedy Jones Ada
3rd Place Jillian Hazelton Ada
4th Place Sierrah Sewell Fairborn
Total competitors 56
Kiwanis members who served on pedal pull event, Scott Allison, John Berg, Joe Ferguson, Carol Friesner, Harold Friesner, Marilyn Green, Bryan Marshall, Myrna McCurdy, Robert McCurdy, Jon Umphress and Charles VanDyne. The club's special guest, who took the pictures, was Junko Yamaguchi of Japan.
PHOTO IDS:
From left to right: Class 3, Class 2, Class 1 winners
• In each photo, first place is on far left and second, third and fourth place are from left to right.
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