What do you write to a soldier?

<I>The Eagle/Jill Mallory</I><BR>From left, Haley Hueckman, 12th grade, third place; Brody Coxen, 11th grade, second place; Anne Terese Cerny, 12th grade, first place; and Sarah Jacobson, 12th grade, honorable mention.

Essay winners read their work at award dinnerJOHN DAY - Below are excerpts from essays written by "My letter to a person in the armed forces" Americanism contest winners.

The local American Legion Auxiliary sponsored the contest, with the winners and honorable mentions being treated to a potluck dinner March 14.

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