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Area seniors step into government
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | No comments posted.
Arnie Roblan and Joanne Verger weren’t the only Coos County residents kept busy by legislative matters last month.
Two dozen rising seniors from Marshfield, North Bend and Bandon high schools got a taste of local and state government as part of Oregon Boys State and Oregon Girls State.
The week-long civics camps, put on by American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary, respectively, had participants run mock elections, craft legislation and rub shoulders with state officials.
It was a full week for the 144 boys and 200 girls who participated said Don Epperson, director of American Legion Oregon Boys State. They got up at 6 a.m. and usually didn’t get to sleep until midnight. Those who weren’t elected as county officials or statewide representatives served as reporters or lobbyists.
The boys went to University of Oregon in Eugene, while the girls assembled at Willamette University in Salem.
Local participants included Jordon Lathan, Andrew Carleton and Isaac Taylor of Bandon; Logan Emlet, Andrew Otton, Elliot Aurdahl, Zachary Jones, Paige Molzahn, Katelyn Richmond, Brittney Morris and Lindsey Bunnell of Marshfield; and Else Conrad, Tori Noggle, Kortni Potts, Samantha Guernsey, Sam Lynass, Hunter Hensler, Cody Crawford, Adam Langenstein, Alycia Brainard, Kelli Kronsberg, Dana Crosby and Mallory Crocker of North Bend.
Two dozen rising seniors from Marshfield, North Bend and Bandon high schools got a taste of local and state government as part of Oregon Boys State and Oregon Girls State.
The week-long civics camps, put on by American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary, respectively, had participants run mock elections, craft legislation and rub shoulders with state officials.
It was a full week for the 144 boys and 200 girls who participated said Don Epperson, director of American Legion Oregon Boys State. They got up at 6 a.m. and usually didn’t get to sleep until midnight. Those who weren’t elected as county officials or statewide representatives served as reporters or lobbyists.
The boys went to University of Oregon in Eugene, while the girls assembled at Willamette University in Salem.
Local participants included Jordon Lathan, Andrew Carleton and Isaac Taylor of Bandon; Logan Emlet, Andrew Otton, Elliot Aurdahl, Zachary Jones, Paige Molzahn, Katelyn Richmond, Brittney Morris and Lindsey Bunnell of Marshfield; and Else Conrad, Tori Noggle, Kortni Potts, Samantha Guernsey, Sam Lynass, Hunter Hensler, Cody Crawford, Adam Langenstein, Alycia Brainard, Kelli Kronsberg, Dana Crosby and Mallory Crocker of North Bend.
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