Covington County’s 2016 Distinguished Young Woman, Elizabeth McCalman, is shown (center front) backstage during state DYW preliminaries Friday night. The competition continues at 1 p.m. today and at at 7 tonight at Frazer United Methodist Church, Wesley Hall, located at 6000 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery. McCalman, an AHS senior, is the daughter of David and Staci McCalman.

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