Veterans of Foreign War members recently traveled to Washougal and Camas schools awarding the winners of their yearly essay contests.
Elementary students competed in the State Junior Essay contest theme, “Why America is My Favorite Country.”
Winners at Cape Horn-Skye Elementary were fifth-grader Nolan Johnson with first place and fourth grader Keagan Payne with second place. At Gause Elementary, Anna Chaffee won first place for fourth grade and Emelia Warta from the fifth grade received an honorable mention.
Winning the third grade competition were Madison Dodge, first place; Aidan Hasselbush, second place; and Brooklyn Lowe, third place.
This year, all third grade contest winners came from the classroom of Gause teacher, Jim Schroeder.