Ada High School junior and senior girls (ages 16 to 18) are invited to enter this year’s Harvest and Herb Festival Queen contest. This year’s festival is Saturday, Sept. 17.

Applications forms are at the bottom of this story and in the Ada High School office. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7. Judging takes place at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, in the second floor conference rooms in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University.

Contestants will complete three brief essays on:

• If you were to support a special cause or offer to volunteer for a special organization, which would it be and why?

• Describe three characteristics that make you who and what you are today.

• What would it mean to you personally and to the Ada community if you were crowned the 2016 Harvest and Herb Festival queen?

Girls with questions may contact Arlene Allison at Ada elementary school.

Candidates will ride in the Harvest and Herb parade, at 10 a.m. on Sept. 17. Announcement of this year’s winner will take place at noon in the Cole Motors parking lot.

Queens since 2012
2012 - Erica Kier
2013 - Katelyn Guagenti
2014 - Alexis Amburgey
2015 - Sidney Faine