Twelve young ladies from Shelby County will be competing for the queen crown at this year’s 2014 Shelby County Fair. After a vigorous task, the Shelby County Fair Queen candidates were nominated at the annual luncheon held last Saturday.

The candidates include: Macy Bartley daughter of Lance and Shannon of Harlan; Mackenzie Goshorn daughter of Darren and Kaylee of Harlan; Chantel Schmidt daughter of Mike and Donna of Harlan; Carley McConnell daughter of Kevin and Shirley of rural Manilla; Marea Ferry daughter of Darin and Jill of Portsmouth; Liz Blum daughter of Brad Blum and Kim Johannsen of Shelby; Danielle Wingert daughter of Dan and Laura of Panama; Chelsea Assmann daughter of Larry and Chris of Panama; Lydia Madsen daughter of Todd and Angie of Harlan; Teresa Arkfeld daughter of Bill and Brenda of Portsmouth; Emily Pattee daughter of Cindy and Kurt of Harlan, and Lindsey Kaufmann, daughter of Leland and Lorene, of Harlan.

Each of the girls represent a 4-H club or FFA chapter. The candidates will walk on stage the evening of Thursday, July 10th to answer questions, with the winner being announced during the 2014 Shelby County Fair Queen contest.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)