Ada High School student Austin Amburgey has had a stellar week at the fair. In the rabbit show, he won Overall Reserve Champion Commercial Buck, Champion Senior Buck New Zealand, Reserve Champion Senior Doe New Zealand, Reserve Champion Junior Doe Mini Rex and placed second in Showmanship. In poultry he placed fourth in showmanship. And, he is a member of the Junior Fair Board.
Justin Light, Ada High School grad and last year’s Hardin County fair king, won first place in stakes and first place in keyhole at this year’s county fair.
All veterans and active duty personnel will be honored at Military Appreciation Night at the football game between Ada and Spencerville on Friday, Sept. 21. They will be invited onto the field for the National Anthem, have free admittance to the game, receive a meal ticket, and be given a shirt commemorating the evening.
Nathan Mattson received several awards at the Hardin County Fair, including second place in showmanship, first place in the intermediate Holstein Heifer class, junior grand champion in the Holstein Heifer Class and reserve grand champion in the Holstein Heifer show.
(Photo by Sue Mattson)
Ada area students who were among Hardin County Fair winners included these three awards:
Top photo—Nathan Mattson, first, pottery
Middle photo—Noah Mattson, second, pottery
Bottom photo—Miguel Jordan, grand champion doe fancy Britannia, then competed in the “final drive” and took best of show overall with his Britannia petite.
Holden Purdy won division champ in market hogs. Sidney Gossard had Reserve Champion Lamb and Caitlyn Stover won Senior Poultry Showmanship.
