VFW leaders Larry Johnson, Richard Ludwig and Wayne Humprey presented McKenzie Johnson, Hannah Beige, Victoria Shearer, McKayla Perry, Grace Doleshel, Shaylin Mak, Madelyn Carlson and Savannah Norton with essay awards. - Brenda Sexton, The Reporter
Brenda Sexton, The Reporter
VFW leaders Larry Johnson, Richard Ludwig and Wayne Humprey presented McKenzie Johnson, Hannah Beige, Victoria Shearer, McKayla Perry, Grace Doleshel, Shaylin Mak, Madelyn Carlson and Savannah Norton with essay awards.

Black Diamond students earn VFW essay contest honors

By BRENDA SEXTON
Covington Reporter Contributor
December 23, 2009 · 3:50 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 Friday 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.

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

Contact Covington Reporter Contributor Brenda Sexton at bsexton@courierherald.com.

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