Daughters of the American Colonists Winners
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Pictured, from left to right, are Poetry contest committee chairman Peggy Farquhar, second place winner Victoria Martin, and sponsoring teacher at Frazier Casey Sirochman
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Pictured, from left to right, are chapter member Sharon Mathews, honorable mention M’Kinli Baker, first place winner Aurora Majoros, sponsoring teacher Kimberly Bizik, and Lafayette principal Lauren Clemmer
Each year the Chief Tanacharison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists sponsors a patriotic poetry contest in local secondary schools. This year’s winner was Aurora Majoros, an eighth grade student at Lafayette Middle School in Uniontown. She was awarded a monetary gift and a framed certificate. Her poem “The Great Depression” will be published in the Colonial Courier, the national magazine of the DAC. Kim Bizik was the sponsoring teacher. Honorable mention was given to M’Kinli Baker, also a student at Lafayette.
Second place in the contest went to Victoria Martin from Frazier High School. Megan Toth, also from Frazier was awarded an honorable mention. Sponsoring teachers from Frazier were Casey Sirochman and Beth Tantlinger.