On Saturday, February 8, forty-two young ladies competed in the casual and evening gown categories.   The participants entered the auditorium in their casual attire and introduced themselves to the audience and judges, and then they competed as grade levels collectively.  After the casual wear competition, Heather Cravens entertained everyone as she sang “American Honey”.

     The contestants returned by grades to compete in formal attire.  Every young lady was absolutely stunning on stage in her dress as five very handsome 8th grade gentlemen escorted them.  The 8th grade ladies were required to answer a question on stage as part of their Miss LMS competition.  The three judges had a very difficult job picking the winners.  When the evening gown portion of the pageant was complete, Lauren Patterson performed “Brave” for the audience’s entertainment as the scores were being tabulated.  The 8th grade escorts, Lucas Bates, Gatlin Bell, Ethan Harris, Keyshawn King and Noah Thomas, also entertained the audience with an original dance number before Gatlin was named Mr. LMS based on the contestants' votes.

      Ansley Merritt, Miss LMS 2013, returned to crown the winners of this year’s pageant.  Some of the contestants submitted decorated boxes for the  Miss Southern Sweetheart category.   The audience was encouraged to vote for their favorite contestant by placing money in her decorated box.  Over $1,800 was collected to aid in the funding of Mrs. Wanda Campbell's, the former chorus teacher at LMS, lung transplant.

These ladies were named winners in their respective grade:

8^th Grade
Miss LMS 2014 – Sarah Chappell
Miss 8^th Grade – Amber Wilson
1^st Runner-Up – McKenzie Beitler
2^nd Runner-Up – Jade Roper
Miss Congeniality – Meghan Bryant

7^th Grade
Miss 7^th Grade – Emma Dover
1^st Runner-Up – Polly Watkins
2^nd Runner-Up – Annie Goss
Miss Congeniality - Alexis Rampey

6^th Grade
Miss 6^th Grade – Trinity Speed
1^st Runner-Up – Carly White
2^nd Runner –Up – Hannah Johnson
Miss Congeniality – Carly White

Miss Southern Sweetheart - Ryanne Gantt
 

The pageant was a HUGE success, and everyone seemed to enjoy the evening.

THE PICKENS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DEBATE

FOR LIBERTY

MARCH 27TH 7:00 P.M.

LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

SPONSORED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy.  The League of Women Voters never supports or opposes candidates for office or political parties.

     As part of the program, Duke Energy is providing one free “Resource Reward” kit to every household associated with our school.  These kits are worth over $30 and are completely free, including free shipping!  They contain several tools to help you save energy in your home and save up to $200 on your energy bill every year!  If our school can get at least 100 sign-ups, we are entered into a drawing for cash prizes ranging from $1,000-$2,000! But even better:

     Our school can directly earn money as a part of this program.  If our school gets 1—sign-ups for the free resource reward kit, OUR SCHOOL WILL AUTOMATICALLY WIN $100!!
     
     You have until June 30, 2014 to sign up for a kit in order to be counted for the contest.  Click here to sign up.