The Miss Portsmouth and Miss Scioto Valley Scholarship Program announce an addition to its current program - Miss Southern Ohio Outstanding Teen and Wee Miss Southern Ohio, Tiny Miss Southern Ohio, Little Miss Southern Ohio and Junior Miss Southern Ohio. The Miss Southern Ohio Outstanding Teen Program is the little sister program to Miss Portsmouth and Miss Scioto Valley, and an addition to Miss Portsmouth Outstanding Teen and Miss Scioto Valley Outstanding Teen.

The Miss Southern Ohio Outstanding Teen Program will be Saturday at South Gallia High School. The program will begin at 7 p.m., with tickets $7 at the door. South Gallia High School was chosen to allow more young women in southern Ohio to compete, and it is the home school of Miss Ohio Outstanding Teen, Ashley Miller.

This program is open to young women in Ohio ages 13 through 17. The winner of the Miss Southern Ohio Outstanding Teen title will go on to compete in June, for the title of Miss Ohio Outstanding Teen 2008. For more information, go to www.missportsmouth.org, or contact Greg Davis, executive director, at gdavis@missportsmouth.org or (740) 981-2948.

Northwest accepts applications

Northwest Local School District is accepting applications for open enrollment students for the 2008-09 school year.

Students enrolled through the open enrollment application process are required to complete a new application for each school year.

Applications may be obtained from any of the building principals' offices, the guidance departments or from the administrative office of Northwest Local School District, 800 Mohawk Drive, McDermott. Parents with questions may call the building principals or the administrative office at (740) 259-5558.

From PDT staff reports