Partly bored and partly nervous, Ironton Middle School student Haley Snyder stares up at her pencils Thursday morning while waiting for the Eddy Test booklets to be handed out. Haley was one of the top 25 percent of her class that were eligible to take the scholastic achievement test given by the Child Welfare Club to some of Ironton's top students. For more on the test, see page 3.

Illustration by Jessica St. James