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45th Annual
Youth Tour to Washington Winners 2008 April Kiehl, a junior at Meadville High School, is the winner of the 45th annual Youth Tour to Washington Essay Contest sponsored by Farmers’ Electric Cooperative. Kiehl is the fourth consecutive Meadville student to win the cooperative’s essay contest. The essay contest was open to every junior class student in FEC’s nine-county service territory, which includes 26 high schools. “Providing the opportunity for students throughout our service territory to visit and take part in educational activities at the national and state level is one of our favorite programs during the year,” said Mike Sanders, Farmers’ Electric CEO. Kiehl is the daughter of Don and Lori Kiehl of Meadville. The top three essayists in the contest won trips to the nation’s capitol. Also winning all-expense paid trips to Washington, D.C., were Parker Leatherman, the son of Dan and Patty Leatherman, Chillicothe; and Cody Pieper, the son of Loren and Karen Pieper, Braymer. Leatherman attends Chillicothe High School and Pieper attends Stet high School. Winning trips to the Cooperative Youth Conference and Leadership Experience (C.Y.C.L.E.) were Kaleb Newham, the son of Mike and Chris Newham, Norborne, Stet High School; Arriane Gabert, the daughter of Mark Gabert and Saundra Burk, Norborne, Stet High School; and Molly Cline, the daughter of Thomas and Lynda Cline, Richmond, Stet High School. The C.Y.C.L.E. conference will be held July 23-25 in Jefferson City. Staff members at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives and guest motivational speakers will provide programming on the cooperative business model, including having the students form their own cooperatives. Also on the agenda, students at the C.Y.C.L.E. conference will play the role of a State Representative for an afternoon. The students will take part in debating a bill on the House floor in the state capitol building. |
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