All-state

For The Madison Press

Four seniors from West Jefferson High School will be among the 900 girls to participate in the 67th annual session of Buckeye Girls State at the University of Mount Union.

The session begins Sunday, June 16, and concludes on Saturday, June 22.

It is a fast paced program of mock government at the state, county and city levels.

The main objective of the Girls State program is to train young women, who have completed their junior year in senior high school, in the duties, rights and privileges of citizenship by providing the attendee the opportunity to actively participate in a democratic form of government.

Local delegates to Girls State are from left: Rachel Woodard, Erin Bradfield, Bethanny Maynard and Logan Hoenie. West Jefferson Unit 201 are sponsoring the girls.

The alternates are: Cathy Hall, Carrie Windstead, Paulina Casa and Kelsey Kirkpatrick.

As the girls arrive at Girls State they are assigned to one of two political parties. The residence hall in which they live during the program is their designated county and the floor on which they live is their city. The students will file petitions for candidacy for a variety of offices from governor to city council and participate in the election process. After elections and inaugurations, they will put government in action.