F&M Picnic is here!
By Monty Siekerman
Ada football players helped set up tables and chairs at War Memorial Park on Friday in preparation for Farmers and Merchants Picnic on Saturday.
Here's the schedule:
8 a.m. OWHA halter and performance horse contest begins
8 a.m. gates open for tractor pulls
9:30 a.m. parade down Main Street
(forms on West Lincoln, no preregistration required)
10 a.m., truck and tractor pull, Hardin County Pullers
10:30 a.m. welcome, flag raising, crowning of little princess and princess
11 a.m. pedal tractor pull for kids, main stage
1 p.m. Jeff Davis opens for Richie Crouch, Elvis impersonator, main stage
1-4 p.m. Living Statue Soldier near main stage
2-4 p.m. face painting by Art Me, Ottawa, near main stage
4-5 p.m. Gary Edward Spanning, Nashville singer, main stage
6:30 p.m. truck and tractor pull, OSTPA
PHOTO BELOW: You can almost smell the cotton candy and caramel apples.
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