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Once again, it’s time to decorate store front windows for Ham Days! The winner will receive $50 and a certificate for the best decorated window.
The theme for 2011 is “Hometown Pride, County Wide” and window should reflect the theme. Windows should be decorated by Sept. 14. If a business is located outside the Lebanon downtown area, contact the Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce to let them know you will be participating. The winner will be announced at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19.
For more information, call the chamber office at 692-9594.

The Little Miss Ham Days and Tommy Burress Jr. Farmer contest will be held from 10 until 11 a.m. on Main Stage Saturday, Sept. 24, during Marion County Country Ham Days. The location is subject to change.
The contest is for boys and girls, ages 2 to 4 years old. Eva Jo Nugent will be the chairperson.
Children must reside in Marion County and register by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21.
Out-of-town, disinterested judges will judge children on appropriateness of dress depicting Marion Country Ham Days, charm and personality.

Henry Howard “Cotton” Abell, 94, first started taking pictures when he was 10 years old. He won a kite-flying contest and the first prize was a box camera. He continued taking pictures until a few years ago due to macular degeneration. Cotton took most of the photos featured in Cotton’s Corner, but his first cousin, Bill Abell, also took some. Bill gave Cotton his slides when he moved to Louisville in the 1950s. Some of the photos in Cotton’s collection were also taken by Huley Browne. Browne’s widow, Violet, gave Cotton his slides after he passed away.