Dixie Chic sent in by Emery and Teal Brockenbush took First Place in this year’s Favorite Pet Picture Contest. Dixie Chic is this year’s First Place Winner of the Leader’s Annual Favorite Pet Picture Contest. She is owned by Emery and Teal Brockenbush of Lexington and was one of more than 60 entries in this the fourth year of the event.

Winning Second Place was Google Girl, a.k.a. “G.G.”, owned by Jean Bradford of Giddings. Third Place Winner was Izzy, a 2 ½ year Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Joyce Graves.

Look for the pictures of the Second and Third Place Favorites and the Runner’s Up on page B8 of today’s paper.