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Grass Valley students win VFR essay contest

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Two Grass Valley Elementary School students have been named as winners of the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ State Youth Essay Contest for 2026.

Samantha Banwarth and Harper Cicero wrote the winning essays with the theme, “How I Respect the American Flag.”

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