The reigning Miss Harvest Homecoming, Laura Merida, 22, Georgetown, right, and Miss Harvest Homecoming's Outstanding Teen, Blair Barker, 14, New Albany, are pictured at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in downtown New Albany during a send-off party prior to their competition in the Miss Indiana Pageant, which will be held at Zionsville Community High School on June 18. Staff photo by Christopher Fryer