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	The View A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

BHS senior wins Good Citizen Award

Winners based on community service, good citizenship

By Kathleen Conat, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: March 8, 2007

The Ypsilanti Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently held its annual tea honoring recipients of the Good Citizen Award.

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Retired Eastern Michigan University administrator Ann Kettles was the guest speaker.

This year, four winners from local high schools; Lauren Burdick, Melyssa Gallian, Jillian Kloc and Scott Opfermann, competed for the chapter award, which includes a $100 scholarship.

Burdick, representing Ypsilanti High School, won the award, which was presented by Good Citizens Chairwoman Barbara Hale.

The Good Citizen Program is open to all seniors enrolled in accredited or private secondary schools.

The contestants are required to hand write an essay of no more than 500 words within a two-hour time period while being overseen by a faculty or Daughters organization member.

The topic of the essay was "Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving it."

The essay portion is only half of the contest. Each contestant also is judged on his or her personal profiles, which include activities in school and community, future plans and good citizen qualities such as dependability, leadership, service and patriotism.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 as a service organization dedicated to historic, educational and patriotic purposes, according to a handbook issued by the group.

A prospective member must prove her lineage back to an ancestor who served the American cause during the American Revolution.

The Ypsilanti Chapter of the Daughters organization was established in 1896, with its first meeting held on the anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to General George Washington.

It was the fourth chapter founded in Michigan.

Kathleen Conat is a freelance writer for The View and Courier. She can be reached through editor@ypsilanticourier.com.