The Marion County Fair got underway Saturday with the parade, queen pageant, the Tate Shade Memorial Bull Bash and other activities. Clockwise from top, left, the newly crowned Marion County Queen Elina Reed, stands with the Junior MIss Carlee McCoy, and Pre-Junior Miss Eddison Brown; the parade heads down Main Street; a 4-H member is interviewed in the Sesquicentennial Building Sunday; and children participate in a boot scramble during the rodeo Saturday in the fairgrounds arena.
