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.