Letter to the Editor: Congratulations, to our VFW award winners

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the VFW Three Rivers Post 4726 presented awards to several Brandon citizens for service to the community.

Two students from the Brandon Valley School District received awards for essays submitted during the VFW National Compilation. Brady Zirbel was awarded first place for Patriot’s Pen, and Aiden Ertelt was awarded first place for Voice of Democracy from the Post.

We were honored to have Shalena Zeller from the Brandon Valley School District be our representative for Teacher of the Year at the VFW South Dakota State level. She also won first place at state and will go on to the VFW national competition. To the best of my knowledge, she is the first teacher from Brandon Valley to win State and go to National. If she wins that she will be going to Washington, D.C., to receive her award. Best of luck to her. 

We also recognized and awarded Andrew Maslowski as Police Officer of the Year chosen by the Brandon Police Department and Nate Doerr was chosen as Firefighter of the Year by the Brandon Fire Department.

Congratulations to both and thank you for your service.

Tom Sharpee

Post Newsletter Editor 

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