VFW honors Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy winners

The local VFW honored their Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy Winners at the Post Home on Monday, March 25.

This year’s Patriot’s Pen essay was titled “Why I honor the American Flag” and the Voice of Democracy essay was titled “Why My Vote Matters.” Patriot’s Pen writers were from the 6 – 8th grades in both the public school and the Christian School. Voice of Democracy were also from both schools and were students in the 9 – 12 grades.

PATRIOT’S PEN PUBLIC SCHOOL WINNERS – (from left) 1st place – Lauren Crowell, second place – Hannah Klaiber and 3rd place – Kayleigh Biby.

PATRIOT’S PEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WINNERS – (from left) 1st place – Piper Spencer, 2nd place Olivia Bryson and 3rd place Breann Reasoner.

VOICE OF DEMOCRACY WINNERS – CHRISTIAN SCHOOL – 1st place – Jordanne Steuk (Jordanne also took 1st on state and 16th place in the national competition), 2nd place  – Abigail Reasoner and 3rd place – Eli Daniel and Public School – 2nd place – Harmony Randolph. ( 1st place – KayLynne McCullick and 3rd place – Sydney Barger were not able to attend.)