East Ascension’s Logan Kern wins Louisiana’s Voice of Democracy contest

Logan Kern, an East Ascension High School student, has been named the first-place winner in Louisiana for the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He will compete in the national contest, where he could win up to $30,000 in scholarships.

Kern previously won the local VFW and district area first-place prizes before winning the state contest.

The theme was “Is this the country the founders envisioned?”