L-r are Bill Tawater, Commander of VFW Wahkiakum Post 5297, teacher Jamie Brown with two of her students, Leah Gonzales and Autumn Cochran, 1st and 2nd place winners in the Youth Essay, Brent Freeman, School Superintendent & member of VFW Wahkiakum Post 5297, and Art Young, Junior Vice Commander of VFW Wahkiakum Post 5297. Photo taken by Nikki Reese.