45 years ago

july 30, 1980

Marion County Fair will celebrate its 50th anniversary by featuring grandstand events during its four-day run in August.

Theme of the fair for this year is “Fifty Years of Family Fun.” The opening ceremony will be followed by the Marion County Junior Rodeo. This will be the first year for a rodeo in Hillsboro.

The grand opening of Flint Hills Clay Works will be Saturday. The art gallery and pottery studio will feature works by local artists. The clay works is in the native limestone Rogers Building (former creamery) at 1st and Main Sts.

Tina Renee Ybarra, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ybarra of Lost Springs, will be a state finalist in the 1980 Baby Miss America pageant Aug. 7 at Hilton Airport Plaza Inn in Kansas City.

This week’s Personality Profile is about Butch and Phyllis Mueller of Tampa, who have opened a bright and shining new restaurant in a building formerly occupied by Tampa State Bank.

More than 200 Marion County residents attended groundbreaking for Marion Senior Citizens Center on S. 3rd St. Marion Builders president Les Fruechting turned the first spade of dirt at the building site.