Tonkawa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State delegates were announced this week by Tonkawa chairman, Evelyn Coyle. Delegates are Hailey Fath, Rosie Conaway and Ashton Linton. Alternates are Regan Mulligan and Kassidy Williamson American Legion Auxiliary Oklahoma Girls State will be held May 26-31, 2019, on the campus of Oklahoma University in Norman.
Girls State is a nonpartisan program that teaches young women responsible citizenship and love for God and Country. Since the inception of the Girls State program in 1937, nearly 1 million young women nationwide have had the opportunity to learn firsthand how their state and local government works. The program has grown from a few hundred participants to almost 20,000 annually. High school girls who have completed their junior year spend an intensive week of working together as self-governing citizens. These young women learn about the government by actually creating a mythical state through the election of officials at the local, county and state levels and then carrying out the duties of these respective offices. Two Girls State citizens are selected to participate in the annual Girls Nation program.
Business and individual contributors to the Boys/Girls State are: Blubaugh Insurance Agency, Lonnie Bray, Joseph Brining, Brining Insurance, Charles Conaghan, Davis Sanitation, Farmer’s Exchange Bank, First National Bank of Oklahoma, Dean Gatz, John Lucas, Mary’s Grill, Garry O’Mealey, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Owen auto Supply, Kevin Randall Insurance Agency, Kevin Roberts, Larry Smith, Robert Steichen, Tonkawa Lions Club, Tonkawa Masonic Lodge, Tonkawa Tribe and Tonkawa Venture Foods. These donors make it possible for the delegates to attend Boys/Girls State.
Boys State
Two Tonkawa junior boys have been chosen to attend Oklahoma Boys State by the Tonkawa American Legion post.
Todd Ross is post commander. Jesse Chaney is post adjutant and finance officer. They made the presentation to Elric Cope and Randy Caughlin.
Boys State will be May 26 - June 2 on the campus of North-
Kassidy Williamson. eastern A&M, Miami, Oklahoma.
Boys State is a non-partisan intensive week of leadership, government and patriotism sponsored by the American Legion of Oklahoma.
It was established in the 1930s as a way to counter anti-American activity during the pre-World War II era. It was so successful as a citizenship training activity that it remains the premier program of its type in the United States.
For one week, Oklahoma’s finest young men, Legionnaires and other outstanding volunteers gather on the campus of NEO where they study the government of Oklahoma ...
