DAR Good Citizens

Noreen Hyslop photo DAR 2009 Good Citizen Award winners are, from left to right, Bethany Chilton, Dylan DeJournett, Kayla Joiner and Blake Burger. Unable to attend was Blake Lingle of Advance.

The Crowley's Ridge Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter held their annual Good Citizen Awards event Sunday at the fellowship hall of the local Church of Christ.

Five county schools participated in this year's event, in which high school seniors were asked to submit an essay with the focus on patriotism. Students from Advance, Bell City, Bloomfield, Dexter, and Richland submitted entries and from those received, one from each school was selected; and those students each were presented with the DAR's Good Citizen Award.

Additionally, one of the five wining entries was selected to receive the DAR's annual scholarship of $250, to be applied toward the student's college of choice.

Blake Burger from Bloomfield, the son of Rory and Christy Burger, was this year's recipient of the scholarship grant.

Good Citizen Awards were presented to Blake Lingle, the son of Ron and Ginger Hewitt and Aaron Lingle from Advance; Bethany Chilton, daughter of Bill and Roma Chilton from Bell City; Kayla Joiner, daughter of Stan and Anita Joiner of Dexter, and Dylan DeJournett from Richland, the son of David and Marilyn DeJournett. The students were invited to read their wining entries on patriotism to DAR members prior to the award presentations on Sunday.

The Crowley's Ridge DAR Chapter annually presents the Good Citizen Awards based upon qualities of dependability, service to school and community, leadership and patriotism.