DAR honors students with Good Citizen Awards

Hays Post

Evie Gruenbacher, Quniter High School DAR God Citizen Award winner, with Sherrie Smith, Courtney-Spalding DAR Chapter regent.

The Courtney-Spalding Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution recently presented Evie Gruenbacher, Quniter High School, with a $100 scholarship for winning the essay portion of the Chapter’s DAR Good Citizen contest.

Invitations to participate in this contest were extended to 12 area high schools with six schools submitting entries.

Each of these schools selected one senior, based upon their qualities of dependability, leadership and patriotism, as their Good Citizen.

Other area students selected as their schools’ 2018-2019 DAR Good Citizen are Cameryn Kinderknecht, Ellis High School; Cordelia Isbell, Hays High School; Alysson Foos, Ness City High School; Leanne Rack, Thomas More Prep-Marian; and Marteah Morgan, Western Plains High School, Ransom.

Gruenbacher received her scholarship check and award certificate on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Courtney-Spalding Chapter meeting.

Also recognized at this meeting were her mother, Dr. Shelly Gruenbacher, Monica Countryman, Quinter High School counselor, and Ann Blessing, the 1969 Courtney-Spalding DAR Good Citizen scholarship recipient.

The winning essay and other contest material submitted by Gruenbacher have been forwarded for further competition and judging at the state level.