Two Ada High School seniors are among 11 candidates vying for this year’s Hardin County Junior Fair royalty. The Junior Fair king and queen will be crowned on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. 

Due to the restricted attendance at the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony will be streamed live to the public on the Hardin County Fair Facebook Page.

Ada’s candidates are Alyssa Wince for queen and Ian Dellifield, for king. Both students were previously named Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada HS students of the month.

ALYSSA WINCE
Alyssa Wince, daughter of Jim and Anne Wince, has shown rabbits for four years, market goats for five years, dairy beef feeders for three years, and market chickens one year. She has also exhibited Sew Fun, Photography and Horseless Horse.

Wince is the president of the Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H Club, is a 4-H Camp counselor and is on Junior Fair Board.

In school, she is a member of the Ada High School marching band, Varsity Singers show choir, National Honor Society and participates in various drama activities and productions.

“I want to represent the fair,” says Wince. “I want to make the fair a place of safety, positivity, hard work and fun.”

After high school, Wince plans to pursue education at an undecided university to become a large animal veterinarian.

IAN DELLIFIELD
Ian Dellifield, son of David and Jami Dellifield, has exhibited for eight years, is a STEM activities leader in the 4-H Spark Lab On The Go and has volunteered in the Hardin County Homemakers Demonstration Area.

He is the treasurer of the Hardin County SharpShooters 4-H Club. He was the youth Ohio representative for the 4-H Google grant in Utah and has been a 4-H Camp counselor.

At school, Dellifield plays varsity soccer, swims, participates in track and field, is in Varsity Singers show choir and varsity quiz bowl.

In the community, Dellifield is a member of Ada First United Methodist Church and its praise band, Trinity United Methodist Church mission trip to Nashville, Wild Steelions steel drum band, volunteer at Hardin County Homemakers Christmas and Spring Achievement Days, youth soccer referee and is a musician for the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

“I think it is important that people see that there is more that can be learned in 4-H than working with animals,” Dellifield said. “It is important that the entire junior fair feels represented by the king and queen.”

Dellifield plans to attend college in either Nashville or Los Angeles to study commercial percussion performance with a focus on drum set performance.

Other queen and candidates follow:

Hardin Northern
Maddie Grappy
Lance Good

Kenton
Lenore Kohl
Carter Bays

Ridgemont
Allie Underwood
Collin Wallace

Riverdale
Mia Benitez

Upper Scioto Valley
Allison Moore
Collin Dyer