Weatherly Area students win awards from D.A.R.

The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Junior American Citizens Committee sponsors a competition each year for students Pre-K to 12, which includes categories in artwork and creative writing. In the art contest, students may submit a poster, stamp design, photo essay, banner or digital picture. Creative writing could be a poem or a short story. The 2022-2023 theme for the contest was, “The 200th Anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail: Moving the Stars and Stripes Westward”.

Weatherly Area School District had many students participate in this competition. Winners at the DAR Wyoming Valley chapter level were Miranda Otero, Chase Grier, Brandon Nelmes, Hailey Rosado, Nicole Schertrumpf, Kolton Reiner, and Maddie Heister. State winners were Mikayla Haraschak, Rebecca Caldwell, Evan Perez, Ben Kropp, Rebecca Alfieri, and Wade Eroh.

Eastern Division winners were Aiden Slovik, Brayden Gill, Odin Eckhert, Dominick Kokinda, Chance Stauffer, Matthew Adler, Bradlee Connors, Willem Grant, Mya Binder, Aiden Foley, Isiah Cruz, and Preston Culp. Three students won national awards. Liorah Madden won 3rd place for

National award winners, from left: Lydia Zink, Liorah Madden, Abby Guth. Picture at right, Good Citizen Senior, Jonathan Darraugh II.

Good Friday services in Weatherly

her poem, and Lydia Zink and Abby Guth won first place for their creative stories.

The Good Citizen Senior Award was given to Jonathan Darraugh II. This award honors an outstanding member of the Senior class.

The Weatherly Area Ministerium will not be hosting a community Good Friday Service this year. The following churches in Weatherly will each be having their own Good Friday Service. : St. Matthew’s Union Church (Quakake Road) at 6 p.m.

Centenary United Methodist Church (Carbon Street) at 7 p.m. Faith Church - Weatherly (Weatherly Plaza) at 7 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church (Plane Street) at 7 p.m. Zions Evangelical Lutheran Church (Third Street) [Service of Tenebrae] at 8 p.m.