L-R) Gavin Guyton, Dailah Preston, Mariah Franco Rangel, Taylor Price
By Maycie Dewese
Ada FFA Reporter
On Tuesday, September 22, Ada FFA officers: Dailah Preston, Gavin Guyton, Taylor Price, and Mariah Franco Rangel attended the 2026 Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference.
This event is hosted every year at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. FFA members took part in learning how to advocate for agriculture and learned how laws are introduced and passed.
On October 11, Lee Crouse invited the community to visit his private Ada museum on State Route 81. The museum's walls, ceiling and rows and rows of shelving display several decades of collecting. When asked, "When did the Ada history bug bite you?" Crouse points to a c. 1876 advertisement for the Star Clothing Store: A top hat is among the illustrations.
MEDIA RELEASE__OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Educator Jami Dellifield has been recognized with the prestigious Distinguished Service Award (DSA) from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS).
Dellifield received the award on Thursday, October 1, during the NEAFCS National Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Homecoming Court for 2026 is pictured here. Celebrations include the October 8 bonfire at 8:00 p.m., the October 9 Homecoming Parade--leaving the back parking lot at 5:45 p.m., the pregame Crowning Ceremony at about 6:30 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium, and the Homecoming Dance on Saturday evening.
The rain held off for the Festival Queen crowning at the 40th annual Ada Harvest and Herb Festival on September 19. Ten high school seniors were selected to be part of the 2026 royalty court, with past festival queens also attending in recognition of the event anniversary.
Kenley Poling was crowned as the new festival queen by 2025 queen Harvest and Herb Queen Emma Lambdin.
