Mount Vernon Signal • Thursday, November 14, 2013 • Pg. B3

Adoptable Shelter Dogs

Hello. My name is Bo-Bo and I am a male Black Lab.I came to the shelter as a stray from the city limits ofLivingston. I am very friendly and I love attention. Iam also good with children and other dogs as well. Ifyou could give me a good home then contact the shel-ter @ 256-1833. (kennel #5)

Hi There! My name is Sasha and I am an adult, fe-male Great Pyrenees. I was surrendered by my ownerand I am now available for adoption. I am friendlyand loving with everyone I meet. I would make anexcellent pet for any family that would provide a lov-ing home for me. If you are interested in adoptingme then call the shelter @ 256-1833. (kennel #12)

Junior Varsity Parliamentary Team

Jared Robinson and Christian Sagraves competedin tractor driving.

David Gabbard, Curtis Miller, and James ClayBallinger competed in land Judging.

Dean’s ListNational College’s

Danville, Lexington, andRichmond Campuses(www.national-college.edu)and the American NationalUniversity online programreleased the Dean's List forthe First Fall Term. TeresaMessinger and Renee Pruitt,both of Mt. Vernon, earneda minimum grade point av-erage of 3.5 out of a possible4.0, and thus achieved thehonor and privilege of beingplaced on the Dean’s List.

Submitted by:Brianna Mink

On Thursday, October24th, the Rockcastle CountyFFA chapter traveled toEKU in Richmond to com-pete in various contests.

Jared Robinson com-peted in the Junior DivisionTractor Driving placing re-gional 1st. ChristianSagraves competed in theSenior Division TractorDriving competition. TheLand Judging team alsocompeted at the RegionalContest and those memberswere James Clay Ballinger,David Gabbard, and Curtis

FFA competes at EKUin Fall Regional Contest

Miller. Curtis Miller placedregional high-individual andhe also received the highestscore that Rockcastle hasever had in the Land Judg-ing competition.

The Rockcastle CountyFFA chapter also competedin the Junior Varsity Parlia-mentary Procedure Contestand placed regional 1stplace and go on and com-pete in the spring regionalcontest. Those memberswere: president- MahalaSaylor, Vice-President-Allison Renner, Secretary-Michaela Barron, Treasurer-Sarah Poynter, Reporter-

Caleb Kirby, Sentinel- CoryRatliff, and the Memberswere Lanna Prewitt, CalebBallinger, Jennifer Mercerand Lance Isaacs. The alter-nate Junior Varsity Parlia-mentary Procedure teamwas Paul Holbrook, AndrewPonder, Dalton Killen,Dylon Robinson, AutumnKirby, Trevor Sweet, JacobBlair, Tara Mink, WilliamDaughtery, MarianaBlevins, and LindseyHarrison.

Congratulations to allwho competed.

Approximately 250 tal-ented musicians from nearly50 high schools and middleschools, mostly in Ken-tucky, will be “MarchingColonels for a Day” on Sat-urday, Nov. 16.

Among them will theRockcastle County MiddleSchool.

The students will spendthe entire day on the East-

RCMS to participate inMarching Colonels for a Day

ern Kentucky Universitycampus, rehearse with theMarching Colonels, marchto the stadium, take part inthe band’s tailgate perfor-mance and join the EKUmusicians for a specialVeteran’s Day tribute athalftime of a football gameagainst visiting UT-Martin.

“They’ll experience theexcitement of game day as

Minds in the MiddleParent-Teacher confer-

ences are Thursday afterschool until 5:30. Reportcards can be picked up atthat time.

Congratulations to thefollowing 8th grade girlswho were selected to attendthe Girls Exploring Mathand Science conference to-day. Rebekah Lake, JoyFrith, Claire Beichler,Pamela Miller, MaggieFranklin, Breonya Napier,McKayla Blair, and CarleeCash.

Yearbooks are availablefor purchase. Forms weresent home with students ear-lier in the year.The price ifpurchased before Christmasbreak is $30. Recognitionads can also be purchasedfor 8th graders before No-vember 25th.

7th graders who havequalified for the Duke Tal-ent Identification Programmust apply by November15th.

Congratulations to Mrs.Ballinger’s 6thgrade Enter-prisers on winning the atten-dance battle last week. Mrs.Franklin’s Enterpriserscame in second followed byMrs. Gabbard’s 8th gradeComets in third place.

The 4-H speech contestwill be on Tuesday eveningDecember 10th.

We send a special thankyou to all of the veterans andtheir families who attendedour Veterans Day programon Monday. We were hon-ored to have over 100 veter-

a college musician and en-joy the opportunity to seecollege life from the inside,”said Dr. David Clemmer,director of bands at EKU.“It’s also an opportunity forus to meet high school stu-dents and show them whatEKU offers them as futurestudents.”

ans and their families withus. Thanks also to our awe-some staff and students forhelping to make this such aspecial day for these heroes.

School NewsMVES FRC is now in the

process of planning for ourAnnual Kenna’s KitchenThanksgiving CommunityDinner. The date for the din-ner is Tuesday, November26 from 6:00 until 8:00.

In planning this event,we will be having a fooddrive to collect items to beprepared that night. The do-nation schedule is as fol-lows:

Wednesday, November13—Cans of Peas

Thursday, November14—Instant Potatoes

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Mt. Vernon MessageFriday, November 15—

Boxes of Instant StuffingAll donations are appre-

ciated!100% Club meets on

Thursday, November 14from 12:45 until 1:15 forgrades 1-3 and on Friday,November 15 from 1:00 un-til 1:30 for grades 4 and 5.

FRC Advisory Commit-tee meets on Tuesday, No-vember 19 at 12:00.

On Wednesday, Novem-ber 20 the Kentucky DerbyMuseum visits MVES Li-brary Media Center.