James K. Polk DAR Shines the Light on Good Citizens

Submitted by Cortez Copher

The James K. Polk DAR Chapter met February 17, 2022, in the Ninth Street Ministries in Mena with 11 members and nine guests attending. The guest speaker was Victoria Carson, Park Interpreter from the Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area. Deb Edwards was given the Oath of Membership into the National Society Daughters of American Revolution by Honorary Regent and Registrar, Dotty Kinnun, and Chaplain Linda Evans.

The DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools. The student selected as each school’s DAR Good Citizen must—to an outstanding degree—exhibit the qualities of good Citizenship that follows:

• Dependability (which includes truthfulness, honesty and punctuality)
• Service (which includes cooperation, helpfulness and responsibility)
• Leadership (which includes personality, self-control, and initiative)
• Patriotism (which includes unselfish loyalty to American ideals)

The students chosen as Good Citizens at their school will each receive a Good Citizens pin, wallet card, certificate, and scholarship awarded from the James K. Polk Chapter, NSDAR.

The first-place winner is Annika Davis from Mena High School, second-place winner is Baylee Davis from Cossatot River High School, and the third-place winner is Cinthia Lopez from Caddo Hills High School.

Only Baylee Davis was able to attend the DAR meeting and receive her certificate.

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