VFW presents its 2025 educational awards

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 251 recently honored two essay winners and their Teacher of the Year at Jefferson County K-12 Community Partnership School. Post 251 Judge Advocate John Nelson gave opening remarks in the JROTC classroom, noting that Post 251 has been serving Jefferson, Madison and Leon counties since 2000. Then Post 251 Commander Bernard Washington presented this year's educational awards. First he recognized eighth-grader Marlana Preza for writing the winning essay on the theme “Is America Today Our Forefathers' Vision?” in the local Patriot's Pen contest for grades 6-8. In the Voice of Democracy essay contest for Grades 9-12, the winn