On April 18, 2009, the Logan Valley of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States awarded the winners of its annual Americanism Essay Contest. First-place winner was Samuel Addison Dalton, Logan High School; second-place winner was Kristian Chryssofos, Chapmanville High School; and third-place winner was Cassandra Michelle Lee, Logan High School. Present from left to right were Ill. James B. Pierce, Jr. – 33rd Degree, Personal Representative of the Valley of Logan; Samuel Addison Dalton – first-place winner; Cassandra Michelle Lee – third-place winner; and Ill. C. B. Hall – 33rd Degree, Sovereign Grand Inspector General and Grand Minister of State representing the Orient of West Virginia. Photo/Submitted