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Here the winners are shown with VFW Post members. Front row is Ophelia Hughes, Avery Ryder, and Madison Hughes. Back row is Jim Manter, Post Judge Advocate; middle is Dave Lachepelle, Post Quartermaster; right is Post Commander, Don Frechette.
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JAY Local Jay Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 announces the 2020 local winners of the “Patriots Pen” Essay Competition. Local students in the Jay/Livermore/Livermore Falls area submitted essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme. The 2020 theme was “What is Patriotism to Me?”.
Receiving first place was Ophelia Hughes, second place Madison Cardes, and third place Avery Ryder. Thirteen local students submitted their essays, and were independently judged by the city leaders from Livermore/Jay/Livermore Falls. Judging is based on how well the applicants understand, develop, and present the annual theme in their essay.