The Major James Kerr Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presented its 2019-2020 American History Essay awards winners and its DAR Good Citizens awards winners at its annual George Washington Celebration meeting last month. Several Bandera area students were recognized for the essays they wrote as part of those contests. Makenna Gourley, the daughter of Joel and Tracey Gourley of Bandera and a seventh grader at Notre Dame Catholic School, won the American History Essay contest for that grade level. That contest is held every year for students in Kerrville area schools in grades 5-8. This year’s topic of ...