Black Diamond students honored for VFW essays

By BRENDA SEXTON
Enumclaw Courier Herald Reporter
December 27, 2009 · 1:39 PM

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Black Diamond Elementary School students McKenzie Johnson, Victoria Shearer and Savannah Norton were first-place award recipients in the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Post No. 5052 Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy contest.

The three, along with five of their classmates who placed second or third, were honored during a Dec. 18 assembly at the school. Quartermaster Richard Ludwig, Post Commander Larry Johnson and Senior Vice Commander Wayne Humphrey presented the awards.

Johnson, a third-grade student, Shearer, a fourth-grader, and Norton, who is in fifth grade, each received $75 for their winning essays. This year’s theme was “What Makes Our Country Great.”

Second-place honorees, who received $50, were Grace Doleshel, third grade; Shaylin Mak, fourth grade; and Madelyn Carlson, fifth grade.

Hannah Beige, fourth grade, and McKayla Perry, fifth grade, were third-place winners. They received $25 prizes.

The essays were judged at the local level and then submitted for district competition. Winners at the district level then advance to state.

Contact Enumclaw Courier Herald Reporter Brenda Sexton at bsexton@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555, ext. 5052.

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