The winners of the 2019 All Veteran’s Poster and Essay contest answered a very important question during this year’s competition, “How do you Honor Veterans?”
Area students from grades 5-12 each offered their own answer to this question either in written word or through festive poster design. For her poster, High school winner Mallory Kueser of Olpe chose to paint a picture from a photograph of a former classmate and local veteran visiting the Vietnam Memorial on a past honor flight trip.
Kueser explains why she chose that moment in time as her subject matter.
Seventh-grade essay winner Lucas Shepherd’s essay focused on how he honors all of the veterans within his own family. He says it felt amazing to win.
High school essay winner Jenne Dieker of Olpe High School says it feels great to win, but even better to do it while honoring our servicemen and women.
Award winners are as follows
ESSAYS
5th Grade
1st: Kaleb Keosybounheuang – Riverside Elementary
2nd: Victoria Stock – Walnut Elementary
3rd: Makenna Hoelting – Olpe Elementary
6th Grade
1st: Brayden Lienemann – Olpe Elementary
2nd: Autumn Waters – Council Grove Elementary
3rd: Ethan Jones – Hamilton Elementary
7th Grade
1st: Lucas Shepherd – Olpe Jr. High
2nd: Kimber Hudson – Hamilton Jr. High
3rd: Ashlynn Nowell – Hamilton Jr. High
8th Grade
1st: Kadey Robert – Olpe Jr. High
2nd: Teagan Brinkmeyer – Hamilton Jr. High
3rd: Colten Wolf – Olpe Jr. High
High School
1st: Jenna Dieker – Olpe High School
2nd: Aubrey Hammond – Olpe High School
3rd: Blake Redeker – Olpe High School
POSTERS
5th Grade
1st: Natalea Elmenhorst – Olpe Elementary
2nd: Isaac Knuth – Olpe Elementary
3rd: Brecken McGuire – Olpe Elementary
6th Grade
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7th Grade
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8th Grade
1st: Braydon Fowler – Olpe Jr. High
2nd: Brody Cole – Olpe Jr. High
3rd: Milly Bailey – Olpe Jr. High
High School
1st: Mallory Kueser – Olpe High School
2nd: Truman Bailey – Olpe High School
3rd: Karsyn Young – Olpe High School
Photos by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
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