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Carcass Show of Champions Sept. 19

HARDIN COUNTY–The 2022 Hardin County Fair Carcass Show of Champions will be held in-person at Jenkins Meats, 670 E. Marion Street, Mt. Victory on Monday, September 19 starting at 6:00 p.m.

Viewers will be able to watch the OSU Meat Judge give oral reasons and results at both the Hardin County OSU Extension and Ohio State-Hardin County 4-H Facebook pages in addition to the hardin.osu.edu website after the event.

The carcass show will evaluate the meat value of the grand champion and reserve champion steers, barrows, gilts, and lambs from this year’s Hardin County Fair.

Hardin County Fair Pull is September 9

From the Hardin County Pullers, the Hardin County Fair Pull l is at 7:00 p.m. on September 9 in front of the grandstand.

Grandstand and pit admission will be available.

Six classes will compete:

6500 Altered/ Pro Gas 4x4

8000 Workstock Diesel 4x4

COTPA Light Pro Tractors

Street Altered Semis

6500 Limited Street Gas 4x4

8500 Altered Farm Tractors

This is a tentative order for the event. On The Mark Sled Rental will be providing the pulling sleds.

Elzay gallery opens season with Emily Jay exhibit

  • "What can we learn about Rosalia?"
  • August 30-October 7, 2022
  • Elzay Gallery, S. Gilbert St in the Wilson Art Building
  • Open most Mondays-Saturdays 12:00-4:00 p.m.

Emily Jay is an artist, scholar, and educator from Columbus, Ohio, and currently teaches at Ohio Northern University. She has exhibited internationally, and has been co-director at The Neon Heater Art Gallery in Findlay, Ohio since October 2016.

Utilizing both analogue and digital photographic techniques, paintings, installation, poetry, performance, and book making, her work repurposes the iconography and geometry of Italian Renaissance devotional imagery in order to root the female perspective into historical contexts.

Marshall paces undefeated Ada girls past Presidents

By Cort Reynolds

MARION⎯The white-hot Ada High School girls soccer team won 4-2 at Marion Harding Thursday evening, September 2, to stay unbeaten and set a program record.

The Lady Bulldog kickers improved to 4-0 this season to fashion the best start in program annals. "These girls wanted to do something this program hasn't seen before with the 4-0 start to the season, and were determined to get the win," said first-year Ada head coach Doug Dewese.

Junior Ella Marshall netted three goals and assisted on the other score to pace the Bulldog attack. Sophomore Lexi Poling tallied the other Ada goal. Junior Olivia Burkhart dished out a pair of assists.

Ada hosts HN in county rivalry battle Sept. 2

By Cort Reynolds

In its third and last non-league game before Northwest Conference play begins, The Ada High School football team hosts county rival Hardin Northern Friday night, September 2.

The game also caps a rare three-game homestand to open the 2022 season for the Bulldogs. Ada has six home games this season after hosting only four contests last year.

Ada enters the fray 0-2, while HN is 1-1 with a 44-19 win at Arcadia in their opener. The Polar Bears lost a 35-34 home shootout to Riverdale last Friday.

The Quarry Farm invitation to 8th annual jam session

PANDORA—Music of all kinds will fill the air on Saturday, September 10 when The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm, Pandora, hosts the organization's annual Jam from 6:00-9:00 p.m. 

The invitation: "Whether you play an instrument like a virtuoso or just like to pretend, sing along or listen, people of all ages are invited to this family-friendly event. Bring a lawn chair and spend a sweet late summer evening with music under the outdoor pavilion's big red roof, alongside the calls from the nature preserve."

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