Washington County’s Distinguished Young Woman left to stay with a host family Sunday as the state program draws near.
Sarah Downs, 2018’s Distinguished Young Woman, will participate in the state DYW program in Lexington. She said there’s a high bar to meet this year after Elizabeth Medley, 2017’s DYW, took second place in the state.
“I’m very nervous, actually,” she said. “There’s a lot of stuff we have to memorize for it and a lot of expectations.”