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It's 101 years old, but we never tire of it. 

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The 2014 Ada Farmers' and Merchants' Picnic is over, but here's a chance to look back at some of the highlights from this year's picnic. What's your favorite part? Petting zoo, tractor pull, games, food, music, parade or just the entire event?

Bailey Bowers took lots of photos and you have view them in the scrapbook at the bottom of this story.

It's not the August weather we are used to, but we'll take it: highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s and 60s.

Here's the daily weather summary so far in August, provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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By Faith Holbrook, reporter

The last meeting of the Hardin Co. Hootenannies was at Meadow and Callie Cromer’s farm. President Megan Williams opened and asked Levi Beiler to lead the American Pledge and Laura Spradlin to lead the 4-H Pledge.  There were 12 members present, many parents and one special guest.

Everyone was reminded about livestock judging and asked if they needed any last minute help.  It is important to have your books completed.

Our sign for the fair is closer to being done.  Different goats are being painted on the 4-H clover.  The wonderful artist, Sara Hoenshel, who is going to be painting them, was there to meet us.

The next Maple Crest Senior Living, Bluffton, Sunday buffet is August 17, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest.

The menu includes:


• Pork tenderloin in dijon sauce
• Wild rice
• Steamed asparagus
• Dinner rolls
• Key lime pie
• Coffee and iced tea

The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older at a cost of $7.50 per person.

Please call 419-358-1015, (choose option 2) to RSVP. Limited seating is available.

There's more high-powered tractors in Ada than you might realize. Fifty-six youth entered this year's Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic pedal pull, coordinated by the Ada Kiwanis Club.

ALL WINNERS PHOTOS BELOW

Here are the winners:
Class 1 (age 3 & 4)    11 competitors
1st Place Marshall Capps  Lima
2nd Place Chad Williams  Ada
3rd Place Carter Reese  Perrysburg
4th Place Langston McClain  Ada

Watch him go! Among the more popular events at this past weekend's Farmers' and Merchants' Picnic was the youth tractor pull. (Bailey Bowers photo)

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