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Wendy Daugherty is the winner of the "write a caption contest." Her entry for this photo taken from a 1970-era Ada High School year book follows: "Still 2 players short to field a team."

She wins a 2-item, 16-inch 3 Brothers Family Pizza. Watch the Icon for the next pizza contest.

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Myah Keckler won first place in showmanship for her swine and first in her class for her Gilt Evie. She is in fifth grade at Ada. This took place Tuesday at the Hardin County Fair.

To post your junior fair awards, send information to [email protected].

Ada Icon invites local 4-H leaders to send fair results for posting

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Ian Dellifield, Ada High School senior, is the 2020 Hardin County Junior Fair king runner-up. The announcement was made Tuesday. The ceremony may be watched on YouTube by clicking here.

This year’s fair king is Lance Good of Hardin Northern. The fair queen is Allison Moore of Upper Scioto Valley. Lenore Kohl of Kenton is the queen runner-up. Ada’s queen candidate was Alyssa Wince.

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Two members of the Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H Club were winners in the Hardin County Junior Fair judging.

• Slade Gossman received best of show poultry champion
• Melia Santillanez received best of show reserve champion 

Ada 4-H leaders may submit list of winners to [email protected].

Did you know she helped train pilots in WWII?

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You probably know Mary Bowden, but did you know she was once a link trainer operator?

And, what’s that? Well, during World War II she operated a simulator that helped train pilots.

There’s a lot more to know about Mary, and here’s another thing: this month, she is in the Vancrest resident spotlight.

Mary is a 1941 graduate of Ada High School. Her favorite food is ham and beans with cornbread. 

She’s a swimmer and was trained to teach swimming. The “crawl,” now called freestyle swimming, was her favorite stroke. 

"Hey, mom, I'm on the ONU billboard"

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You've seen this Ohio Northern University billboard north of Ada on State Route 235.

Now you can meet the student featured in the center of this enormous photo just outside of town. In case you missed this, the student photographed is standing in the field pointing to his picture.

Senior nursing student Jarrett Sitton walked into class one day to hear his instructor congratulate him on being famous. When he learned he was featured on a billboard just outside of Ada, Jarrett describes his reaction: “excitement wasn’t even the beginning of it.”

Right away, he called his mom to tell her the news, and of course, her first request was “send me a picture.”

 

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