St. John Community Fair and Stock Show

Band director Billy Ray keeps the St. John-Endicott marching band on beat during the parade.Librarian Clancy Pool waves at parade admirers from her honored Grand Marshal ride.Soft hands await another round of the egg toss in the show arena.The junior English equestrian class demonstrate their skills.A fire truck leads off the kiddie parade after the Saturday noon whistle.The Webb’s Slough beaver mascot waves in the parade. A slough of his sprint boat friends also showed in the parade.Stock show royalty from left: Roxy Dickerson, Kaylie Dyas,

Jilley Root and Holly Leinweber. The queen’s crown was

awarded to Root after the parade.High school track students and one bipedal swine start off the kids’ Jog with the Hog on an overcast morning.The St. John-Endicott 4H club displays barn prints which were the prizes for the club’s raffle.Area American Legion and Boy Scouts present the colors to applause at the start of the parade.

Penny Hinds with Heritage Hardware waves while grabbing another handful of candy to throw to eager youth as Denny Hinds drives.Ethan Steele brings up the rear of the marching band in style.

PHOTOS BY

JANET LEIFER,

CRYSTAL DAVIDSON

AND JANA MATHIA

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