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KEC Youth Tour KEC sponsors a Youth Tour for high school students each summer to Washington, D.C. and to Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Visit NRECA's new 2006 Youth Tour website at http://www.youthtour.coop.
Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. June, 2005
Twenty-five Kansas youths attended the 44th Annual “Government in Action” Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., June 16-23, 2005. They joined more than 1,500 high school students from across the nation. These students learned about electric cooperatives, American history and U.S. government. They visited with our Congressmen and Senators, attended educational seminars, and saw the sights around Washington, D.C. Students selected to attend the “Government in Action” Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., and their sponsoring electric cooperatives were: Erica Meisenheimer, Ark Valley; Sheyenne Werner, Brown-Atchinson; Harris Butler, Butler; Timarie Trarbach, DS&O; Kate Taylor and Krystle Thompson, Kaw Valley; Amanda Mumma and Ashley Ming, Lane-Scott; Molly Sailors, Leavenworth-Jefferson; Emily Renyer and Erica Reeves, Lyon-Coffey; Justine Nelson and Baylee Hess, Midwest Energy; Stacey Heinen, Nemaha-Marshall; Jessica Monaghan, Ninnescah; Calista Sneyd and Casey Cook, Pioneer; Loren Cressler and Elizabeth Berland, Prairie Land; Andrea Shaw, Rolling Hills; McKenzie Posch, Sedgwick; Sharayah Stitt, Sumner-Cowley; Stephanie Temaat and Zachary Raugewitz, Victory; and Kristen Weber, Western.
Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp in Colorado July, 2005
From July 16-22, 2005, 23 Kansas youths attended the “Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp” in Colorado. They were joined by three Kansas youths who attended the camp in 2004 and were selected by their peers to return this year as ambassadors. Students from Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming formed their own cooperative, toured a coal-fired generation plant and large coal mine, conducted a legislative simulation, and took in the sights of the beautiful Steamboat Springs area. Those selected to attend the “Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp” to Steamboat Springs, CO, and their sponsoring electric cooperatives were: Michaela Sober, Todd Shelite and Jared Ackerman (Ambassador), Alfalfa; Tom Graham, Butler; Rachel Davidson and Darren Enns, Flint Hills; Camron Shay and Andrea Scheuerman, Lane-Scott; Rebecca Gantt and Mike Beying (Ambassador), Leavenworth-Jefferson; Ella Fund-Reznicek, Nemaha-Marshall; Tiffany Teegarden, Ninnescah; Benjamin Fuentes, Nathan Williams, and Veronica Alvarado (Ambassador), Pioneer; Jacob Jensen and Kendra Matteson, Prairie Land; Mary Seehafer and Caleb Wieneke, Rolling Hills; Derek Thome, Sedgwick; Stacy Pyeatt, Sumner-Cowley; Kimberly Doubek and Elaine Slater, Victory; and Jessica Hadley and Tanner McNinch, Western. |
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