Photo by Mark Rankin | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 03.22.2011
Ashlee Smith, 17, a Lyon County High School junior receives an award and $5,000 for best essay written at the Bill of Rights Institute Being an American Essay Contest Awards Gala Celebration on March 22, in Washington, D.C., by board members and national journalists, Rob Testwuide, John Stossel and Juan Williams. Smith is the daughter of Troy Smith an electrician with the U.S. Army Corps of......