MEMORIAL DAY ESSAY — Members of the Russell-Toycen American Legion Post 131 presented a check May 6 to Colfax High School student Paige Jensen for her first place essay in the American Legion's essay contest on "What Memorial Day Means to Me." Paige will read her essay at the Memorial Day Ceremony May 30 at Colfax Evergreen Cemetery, and her essay will be published in the June 8 Colfax Messenger. From left: Tom Dunbar, Chris Larson, Paige Jensen, Kathy Walters and Dick Larson. — Photo by LeAnn R. Ralph