Anabel Alexander was crowned 2018 queen of the Ada Harvest and Herb Fest on Saturday afternoon during ceremonies at the Depot Park. She was selected as AHS Homecoming queen on Friday.
From left are Lyric Jones, 2017 queen and now a student at Ohio University; Queen Anabel; Allison Dotson, who won the essay contest; Audrey Hazelton, and Kama Arn. The queen candidates are AHS seniors.
Three judges selected the queen based on interviews and the essay they wrote. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
Micah Barnes is earning his was through college with popcorn. He’s not growing it. He’s not detasseling it. But he’s popping it in a kettle to sell at festivals, like he did at Ada’s Harvest and Herb Fest on Saturday.
His kettle corn trailer, located in front of McDonald’s, did a brisk business, selling bags of kettle corn for up to $7 each. This young man (he’s a junior at Ohio Northern) knows his kettle corn. He began with one trailer when he was a freshman in high school. Then, with his profits, he bought two more trailers to service fairs, festivals, and sports contests in the Ashtabula County area where he grew up.
Luke Sheets, ONU associate professor of art, curated a ceramic/sculpture show at ArtSpace/Lima which runs from now until Oct. 27. The exhibition brings together seven artists and a collection of work that evokes powerful images, shapes, compositions, and skill complexities.
Admission to the Ellen Nelson Gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and closed Sunday and Monday.
Each year Ada has a Powder Puff football game pitting the AHS freshmen and sophomore girls against the juniors and seniors. Quarterbacks were Morgan Swick (left), a senior, and Miranda Wills, a sophomore. A Wilson made-in-Ada football was used, of course. Proceeds from the $2 ticket sales go toward prom expenses.
By Monty Siekerman
Les Thede lives by the adage,” You don’t retire from something, you retire to something.” The retired electrical engineering professor does woodworking, and does it seriously.
For example, he makes drums that you sit on and play. They go for $110 each. He has sold 234 of them to churches, individuals, and acoustic bands across the country.
Les also makes cutting boards using several types of wood, mantle and wall clocks, keepsake boxes, and other items. He describes what he makes as useful, beautiful, and artistic. Occasionally, he will make special-order items, such as tables.
