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Cupcake time! Candidates for Marion County Fair and Junior Miss get ready for fund raising dinner on Sunday

Bruce Kropp
Jun 22, 2024 | 2:51 PM
Contestants for Marion County Fair Queen and Junior Miss gathered Saturday morning to make hundreds of cupcakes to be served as dessert at their fund raising All You Can Eat Chicken Dinner at the Salem Elks from 11 to one on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Bruce Kropp.

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