Kathryn Holst of Creswell Middle School won Teacher of the Year for Oregon’s Veterans of Foreign Wars District 13.
Bella Malekzadeh, of Pleasant Hill Middle School, won the VFW District Patriot’s Pen award; Joshua Josiah, O’Hara Catholic School placed second; and Parker Russell-Wollheim, Creswell Middle School, placed third.
The Voice of Democracy winner is Sofia Megert of S. Eugene High School; Emily Krause, Pleasant Hill HS won second; and Keadon Weiler, Thurston HS placed third.
