Today's News

Marisa Thomason of Brownstown, seated, was named the 2011 Miss Fayette County Fair queen on Monday.

In front, from left, are: Marissa Summers; 2010 Little Miss; Thomason; and 2011 Little Miss Emma Smith. In back are: second runner-up Ella Ehrat; 2010 Miss Fayette County Amy Pippin; 2011 Junior Miss Brooke Mayfield; and first runner-up Abigail Hill. Hill was also named Miss Congeniality and People's Choice. Kathleen Rebbe won Miss Photogenic.

More than 3,000 kindergarten through college teachers across the country will dedicate four weeks of their summer break to learning new strategies to improve their students’ writing skills.
These teachers will study the latest research and effective classroom practices in summer institutes at more than 200 National Writing Project (NWP) sites on college campuses in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Kaskaskia College students are reminded that it is not too late to apply for financial aid.
Fall classes begin Aug. 22, and students still have time to meet enrollment deadlines.
Students are encouraged to attend the FAFSA Friday workshop on Aug. 5 hosted by the Kaskaskia College Financial Aid Office, from 1-3 p.m. in room L-102 on the KC main campus.
The purpose of this event is to help college-bound students who need to complete and submit the 2011-12 free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Marian University
Joseph Maher, a resident of Vandalia and a Catholic studies major, was among 390 students who qualified for the Marian University dean’s list during the spring 2011 semester.
A student whose grade-point average is 3.5 or above, who was enrolled in at least 12 semester hours and has not earned any incompletes in the semester is eligible to be named to the dean’s list.