| Calling all Heath-area models -- here's your chance
For all of you high school students, elementary school students, moms and career women who would like to be a model for a day, stop by Fashion Bug on Hebron Road to pick up an entry form. The store will have a fashion show at 2 p.m. Sept. 15. It hopes to have 50 models. You will have a chance to relax and chat with other models while wearing clothes from Fashion Bug and have a good time. Women and girls of all ages -- and not just from Heath but from other areas, too -- are invited to join in the fun. The store will accept last-minute participants. CHURCH NEWS .
16-year-old heads to college
Sam Ferguson is filled with anticipation as well as a few mixed emotions. While his former classmates are entering their junior year at Blythewood High School, he will begin his freshman year at Simon�s Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, Mass.
August 21 is the kickoff for incoming freshmen at Simon�s Rock, a college of the liberal arts and sciences designed for students who have completed tenth or 11th grade. As the first day of college approaches, Ferguson is diligently wrapping up his Eagle Scout project and he has started packing his bags. Although he�s excited about settling into the freshman dormitory, he admits he will miss his parents, Leland and Aline, his younger sister, Amy, and her horse Alphie, and of course �Pup�Pup� the family dog.
Sixteen�year�old Ferguson is at ease knowing that there will be frequent breaks throughout the school year when he can come home to Blythewood and visit with his family.
IRVING SCHOOL BRIEFS
The Irving Schools Foundation and the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber will host the foundation's annual Education Luncheon at noon Sept. 17 at the Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas. Tom Luce, a former U.S. assistant secretary of education, will be the keynote speaker. The cost is $50, and sponsorships range from $500 to $700. Call Elizabeth Philipp at 972-215-5018. .
Dexter School Board sets tax levy, discusses "Adequacy Update"
Citing the district's consistency in keeping with the minimum allowable tax rate, the Dexter School Board last night elected to keep the district's tax levy at the present level of $2.75 with a debt service of 50 cents during a special session of the board called just prior to the regular business monthly meeting. Superintendent Ken Jackson commented on the approval, stating, "This approval marks the ninth consecutive year that the district has remained at the same tax levy and I think that speaks well of this board and of the district as a whole." During the regular business session that followed, the board approved the annual Secretary of the Board Report (ASBR), which serves as a summary of the financial transactions that transpired during the 2006-07 school year. The district's auditor, Gary Ponder of Kraft, Miles and Tatum out of Poplar Bluff, will provide an audit report to the board at the September meeting, which will then be recommended for board approval.
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