FRA announces patriotism essay winners

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) Branch 34 is pleased to announce the winners in the 2025 Americanism Essay Contest. Students in grades 7-12 from five area counties were eligible to enter, and the winners included five young writers from Monticello. This year's theme was “What Would Service to Our Country Mean to Me.”  Results at the local level for FRA Branch 34 (including Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla and Franklin counties in Florida, plus Albany, Ga.) were as follows: Grade 12:  Terrell Mathis Jr., First Place (Albany, Ga.). Grade 11:  Ava Files, First Place (Tallahassee, Fla.); Savannah Colomb, Second Place (Crawfordville, Fla.); Peyton Wa