Six prepare for DYW competition

Six Colfax High School junior girls are now rehearsing for the Distinguished Young Woman contest, which will mark the 61st year of the event which was formerly known as Junior Miss.

This year's program is scheduled for Saturday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the CHS auditorium, and the theme will be "One Enchanted Evening," according to Joanne Eng who is heading the program this year.

Contestants will practice three times this week and all of next week in preparation for the program, Eng reported.

Fifty percent of the judging will be based on an interview with the judges and scholastic achievement. T...