Youth

Matthews on dean’s list at Vanderbilt

David Baxter Matthews made the dean’s list at Vanderbilt University. Matthews, a junior who attends the college of arts and science and has a major in political science and economics, received a grade-point average of 3.75. Students must have a 3.5 to make the dean’s list. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and is the son of Melissa and Charlie Matthews, both of Shelbyville, and grandson of Betty Matthews and Josie Moffett.

Contestants for the Little Miss and Mister will be judged at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Floral Hall. They should be at the show ring no later than 6 p.m. County winners will be eligible for the state contest at the Kentucky State Fair. First-place winners will receive $30, roses and a crown, plus a $100 savings bond. Second-place winners will receive $20, roses and a ribbon. Third-place winners will receive $15, roses and a ribbon. The pageant is sponsored by Danielle Dixon with Re/Max Performance Realty.

Little Miss contestants:

Sixteen Shelby County girls will compete Tuesday in the Miss Shelby County Fair pageant.

A contestant must have reached her 16th birthday by Oct. 31 and shall not have reached her 22nd birthday by Oct. 31 of the year when the contest is held. Contestants will be judged from the standpoint of beauty, poise and personality.

At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, they will compete in casual attire, followed by formal attire at 7:30. There is also a private showing in bathing attire for judges only.

Three students from Shelby County have been selected for to participate in the Governor’s School for the Arts, which for 25 years has provided hands-on arts opportunities for the state’s talented high school students who are dancers, actors, instrumental and vocal musicians, creative writers, future architects or visual artists.