Junior Princess applications ready

Jewell Walker, center, converses with Warren County Junior Princess Chelsey Simerly about the upcoming pageant. From left are, BPW members Jenny Boyd and Addie Lee Fults.

The event is sponsored annually by the McMinnville Business and Professional Women?s Club. The reigning Junior Princess is Chelsey Brooke Simerly, daughter of Stephanie ad Jamie Simerly.

?This is a wonderful opportunity for girls this age. They have so much fun with each other backstage and can?t wait to enter the second time,? said BPW member Jewell Walker.

Applications are available for pick up at Kathy?s Bridal and Formal, Ashley?s Attic and Mommy and Me. The deadline to enter is April 28 and applications must be returned to Kathy?s Bridal and Formal in the Plaza Shopping Center. More information can be obtained by calling Walker at 668-2987.

The reigning Junior Princess Chelsey Simerly said, ?I really had a great time in this pageant, so many of my friends were in it and we had a ball.? Chelsey was also voted Miss Congeniality and the highlight of her year was to ride in the Christmas parade in a Nissan 350 convertible.

The Business and Professional Women?s Club is a national organization whose goal is to improve the future of women in the workplace through community awareness, legislation, education and personal and professional development.