“Marilee Jolin, a 2000 graduate of South Whidbey High School, left June 14 for Mobile, Alabama, where she is preparing for competition in this weekend’s America’s Junior Miss Program. Girls from all 50 states have been practicing eight hours each day to prepare for the program.Preliminary nights of competition are June 25 and 26, with the final program on Wednesday, June 28. The finals will appear on television on TNN at 6 p.m. on June 28, and again on July 1. For more information on the contestants and the program visit the Junior Miss Website at www.ajm.org, which has pictures and individual biographies for each girl.”