Here is an interesting article which I found while going through some old church bulletins. I’m not sure why this belongs in a church bulletin.

Mountain Climbing
by Steve Hale
November 5, 1989
Congratulations to members of the Mt. Juliet High School Band for their great sauces in the recent Contest of Champions held at M.T.S.U.
25 bands from Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee participated. Mt. Juliet made the nine band final, and finished fifth overall. Two of the top five were Kentucky bands, so Mt. Juliet finished 3rd in the State of Tennessee!
This is the first time Mt. Juliet has ever made the finals in this contest. To my knowledge, ten of our young people are in this band. They are: Brett Bawcum, Chad Bawcum, Leanne Copley, Teresa Fleming, Cheryl Holland, Philip Holland, Jeff Mullins, Tina Mullins, Bryan Thomas and Melissa Whittle.
I am tremendously proud of the faithfulness among these young people after long nights (often Saturdays) traveling back home. Most of them have not missed services in spite of being exhausted. Congratulations! We’re proud of you.
The mayor of Mt. Juliet has declared Saturday (Nov. 4) Mt. Juliet Band day!

I think the article was ghostwritten by my mom, a band booster. Ok whatever. It was a big deal to make Contest of Champions back then. But in retrospect, I don’t think such a large article should have appeared in what otherwise is a religious publication.