Two Ada High School seniors, Emma Jameson and Noah Garmon, are candidates for Hardin County Junior Fair royalty.
Emma Jameson
Emma Jameson is the daughter of Deanna Jameson of Ada and is a senior at Ada High School. After graduation she plans to attend The Ohio State University in Lima and major in education.
She is a member of the Junior Fair board serving on the Art Committee and the Announcement Committee. She has submitted pottery pieces in past fairs. This year she will be participating by showing market turkeys.
Emma’s school activities have included being a cheerleader for four years for football and basketball and captain of the football cheer squad. She is a varsity letter winner and a gold scholar athlete in the Northwest Conference. She served as a junior class officer and was secretary. Currently she is an honor student and an academic letter winner. She is a member of National Honor Society, Language Club, Film Club and FFA. She has been an active member of FFA for four years serving as reporter, secretary and am currently vice president of the Ada FFA chapter.
In FFA, Emma was awarded the Star Greenhand Award and participated in the Creed Speaking and Parliamentary Procedure competitions for which she earned gold. She has participated in the Land and Soil Judging competition and attended the 2017 Girls Empowerment Conference. Through the years she has been awarded several Chapter Leadership and Chapter Scholarship pins, Agricultural Proficiency Award in Poultry Production and Vegetable Production.
This year she earned the 110% award presented by Ag Credit Union. In the community, Emma attends the Cross Roads Church of God worked this summer at the Ada Swimming pool. Annually she serves at the Senior Citizens luncheon held at Ada School. She volunteered at kindergarten registration and small animals day. She also volunteers annually at the F&M picnic as well as perform annually with the cheerleaders. As a cheerleader she also participates in the annual F&M picnic parade and Harvest and Herb Festival parade.
Throughout the school year Emma assists with multiple cheer clinics for grades pre K through 6. “I am an ideal candidate for fair queen because I enjoy serving as a positive role model. I would be honored to represent my community,”Emma said. “I have gained excellent leadership and communication skills with my involvement in extracurricular activities. I look forward to becoming a spokesperson for Hardin County and sharing with others all that Hardin County holds.”
Noah Garmon
Noah Garmon is the son of Tim and Vickie Garmon of Ada and a senior at Ada High School. After graduation he plans on attending the University of Findlay to study animal science and would like to secure an environmental job after college graduation.
His junior fair activities have included serving on the Junior Fair Board and participating in the Goat Show, Sheep Show, and the Consignment Sale. As a Junior Fair Board member he has worked many different shows including the Goat and Sheep Shows and the livestock sale. He cleaned the barns every night to make sure the fair was ready for the exhibitors attending the fair, and many other numerous tasks.
Noah has earned many showmanship placements over the years of showing goats and sheep. He has been showing animals and going to the fair since he has been in the third grade. He was part of the Liberty Bells and Boys 4-H club until his freshman year, then he became part of the Ada FFA.
Noah’s school activities include FCA, FFA, soccer, Drama Club, Film Club, and Varsity Singers. Some school leadership roles include being captain of the soccer team and chaplain for FFA. He has been a leader in the classroom by getting on the honor roll all year. Some of the soccer awards he has received are three-year letterwinner, Gold Scholar Athlete, Captain Award, Defense MVP, NWC first team player and NCOSA second team player. He also received the Goat Production Award, Greenhand Degree and Chapter Degree for FFA.
In the community, Noah said his father pastors at Vancrest Nursing Home in Ada every Sunday. Noah has helped out by stepping in to give the sermon to the Vancrest community whenever needed, When not preaching he helps to make sure the church service runs smoothly. He has helped out with the Harvest and Herb Fest by tending to the clean up. He also participated in Helping Hands Week for his church and participated in mission trips to the Arizona Navajo Nation and to Kentucky. He will begin volunteering at the Ada Liberty Fire Department as soon as he turns 18 in late October.
“I have always loved the fair and I loved being involved with the fair. The reasons why I have always been excited for the fair is so I can show my animals and be surrounded by the fair community,” Noah said. “The fair brings so many people from different communities together for one week out of the year and I look forward to that week all year. The fair also has helped me develop my responsibility skills because of all the work it takes to take care of the animals. It also has helped me develop agriculture skills so I can use them in for the outside world.
“I have always looked up to the candidates for fair king and I strive to be like them. I would love to serve the Hardin County Fair Community to the best of my ability and give back to the fair community,” he said.
