Congratulations!

We are very excited that our very own Junior Miss Warren County, Laura Caroline Carter, competed in and won the 2009 Fairest of the Fair Pageant at the Warren County Agriculture and Livestock Fair!

She did a wonderful job in the pageant. She was graceful, beautiful and she totally kicked butt on her top five question! Congratulations Caroline (and thanks for letting me borrow some of these photos)!

Here Caroline is after being crowned by Victoria Woods, 2008 Warren County Fairest of the Fair and 2009 State Fairest of the Fair!

Here is Caroline posing with the Fairest of the Fair Emcee, Miss Emily Hobbs (who just so happens to be a past Junior Miss Warren County).

Here she is with her court - left to right; Megan Boren 1st runner up, Caroline, Victoria, Caitlin McClain 2nd runner up and KayAnn Moore 3rd runner up.

Caitlin just happens to be a former Junior Miss Warren County too. She did an awesome job as well and we love that we had not one, but two Junior Misses represented in the Fairest of the Fair court.

All of the girls did wonderful in the pageant but we're especially proud of all of "our" girls that participated! Congratulations ladies!

Did you know?

*Each school day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer.

*On the average 12,500 children and teens will be diagnosed with some form of cancer each year in this country.

*One in 330 children will develop cancer by age 20.

*Although the 5 year survival rate is steadily increasing, one quarter of children will die 5 years from the time of diagnosis.

*Cancer remains the #1 disease killer of America's children - more than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma and AIDS combined.

*In the U.S. almost 3,000 children do not survive cancer each year.

*Over the past two decades, only ONE new cancer drug has been approved for pediatric use.

*Currently there are between 30-40,000 children undergoing cancer treatment in the U.S.

*As a nation, we spend over $14 BILLION per year on the space program, but only $35 MILLION on Childhood Cancer Research each year.

*There are 15 children diagnosed with cancer for every one child diagnosed with pediatric AIDS. Yet, the U.S. invests approximately $595,000 for research per victim of pediatric AIDS and only $20,000 for each victim of childhood cancer.

*Research funds are scarce as most money is diverted to well-publicized adult forms of cancer, such as breast and prostate.

*Right now, this second, somewhere in America, there are 7 children fighting for their lives who won't live through the day.

Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville wears gold for Andy, Morgan, Riley, Lauren, Jackson, Hunter & all the other children affected by cancer.

Who do YOU wear gold for?