Girls competing for the crown in the Junior and Young Miss Mount Vernon contest are as follows: front row, left to right, Dominick Araiza, Asja Gadlin, Madison Thames, Malori Carr; second row, Iley Mendez, Courtney Jackson; third row, Ashlyn Woods, Lilly Slaton, Danielle Parlington, Alyssa Auringer, Jessica Minter, Elexis Fountain, Jordan Rios, Andrea Cook. The pageant is set for Saturday, Aug. 22 in the MVISD auditorium. See the Aug. 20 edition of the Optic-Herald for more information.




