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2009 Youth Tour
West Florida Electric Cooperative
(WFEC) recently joined other co-ops
from across the state in Tallahassee for
the 2009 State Youth Tour. During
this two-day trip to the Capitol, local
high school juniors chosen by their
principals and guidance counselors for
excellence, and whose parents or
guardians are members of WFEC,
visited the Mary Brogan Museum of
Art where they toured the exhibit, Our
Body – The Universe Within. Youth
Tour participants also enjoyed a
private tour of the Governor's
Mansion.
In addition, the students visited the
Florida House of Representatives
where they participated in a mock
legislative session, proposing and
debating bills. In addition, students
visited the Supreme Court where they
participated in a mock trial.
Contestants representing WFEC in
Tallahassee were: Stephen Lee, Altha
School; Tyler McClellan, Blountstown
High School; Preston Wilson, Chipley
High School; Brooke Vickery,
Cottondale High School; Cassandra
Delgado, Graceville High School;
Amber Nolin, Holmes County High
School; Jeffrey Peeler, Malone High
School; Samantha Barnes, Marianna
High School; Keaton Peak, Ponce De
Leon High School; Robert Hawkins,
Poplar Springs High School and
Rachel Pelt, Sneads High School.
WFEC's eleven Youth Tour
contestants competed for an allexpenses-paid trip to Washington,
D.C, where they will join other
eleventh grade students from all over
the United States to tour the nation's
capitol in June. A panel of three
judges from the electric cooperative
industry interviewed the students and
chose two winners and an alternate on
Thursday, February 26, 2009. The
winners were Preston Wilson, Chipley
High School and Rachel Pelt, Sneads
High School. The alternate winner
was Cassandra Delgado from
Graceville High School.
The Washington, D.C. Youth Tour
Program has been in existence since
1957 when co-ops sent students to
Washington, D.C. to work during the
summer. By 1964, the program caught
on, and the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association (NRECA)
began to coordinate the efforts of the
co-ops. Since then, thousands of
young people have experienced this
opportunity.
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| (L-R, front row) Tyler McClellan, Blountstown High School; Cassandra Delgado, Graceville High School; Rachel Pelt, Sneads High School; Rep. Marti Coley, Amber Nolin, Holmes County High School; Samantha Barnes, Marianna High School;(L-R, back row) Brooke Vickery, Cottondale High School; Keaton Peak, Ponce De Leon High School; Jeffrey Peeler, Malone School; Preston Wilson, Chipley High School; Stephen Lee, Altha School and Robert Hawkins, Poplar Springs High School. |
2009 YT Winners: (L-R) Winner - Rachel Pelt, Sneads High School; Alternate - Cassandra Delgado, Graceville High School and Winner – Preston Wilson, Chipley High School |
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