Each school year, the Daughters of the American Revolution honor High School Seniors with a Good Citizen Award. The high school counselor submits the name of a student that they feel exemplifies those qualities of a good citizen. These students can then opt to write an essay to enter into the Scholarship Contest. The Marion Linn Chapter of the Iowa DAR has 8 schools within our area. The following students were honored March 28 at an awards presentation.
Jaden Houghtaling, daughter of Jason & Jodie Houghtaling, is a senior at Mount Vernon High School. She has been involved in volleyball, choir, band, student council and National Honor Society. She will be going into the Army National Guard for a year and then attending Iowa State University to study elementary education.
Kierra Heck, daughter of Danielle Heck, is from Lisbon High School. She has been active in choir, Spanish Club, and has been on the Honor Roll.
Other area students honored were: Sara Reid daughter of Bill and Lisa Reid from Central City, Hannah Cochran daughter of Phil and Jenny Cochran from Marion, Lia Scharnau, daughter of Susan Schultejons from Linn Mar; Peyton Boeckenstedt, son of Jeff & Kelly Banowetz, from Anamosa; Elizabeth Blakely, daughter of Rick & Karla Blakely, from Springville; and Grant Hospodarsky, son of Todd & Aimee Hospodarsky, from Monticello.
Lia Scharnau’s essay won on the local, district, and state level She received an award and scholarship at the Iowa DAR Convention in Des Moines on April 22.