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VOLUME 72, NUMBER 2 • MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011 • MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE

Serving Missouri’s finest young men since 1938.

Mayors were sworn in Sunday evening at Hendricks Hall. Front row: Jeremy Dorrell (Carver City), Joseph Hunter (Gambrel City), Jerod Yount (Ingle City); Second row: William Koons (Clark City), Scott Corn (Boone City); Third row: Kyle Monize (Whitfield City), Andrew Poindexter (Blair City), Dominic Galti (Doniphan City), Andrew Pepper (Crowder City); Fourth row: Jonathan Russell (Richardson City), Nathanael Lohn (Carnahan City), Grayson Gist (Alcorn City); Back row: Joseph Collum (Duggan City); Ramsey Fowler (Weyer City), Clinton Smith (Lewis City), Zane Clark (Pershing City).

BY RYAN MCFALLBOONE CITY

Boys State citizens and staff funneled into Hendricks Hall on Saturday night and expe-rienced the first assembled meeting of the 72nd session of Missouri Boys State. Congratu-lations and praise was given to the selected members of Boys State by many important heads of the MBS program, includ-ing: Dr. Timothy M. Miller M.D., Dean of Operations; Mike Plunkett, Program Direc-tor; and Dale Wright, Dean of Counselors.

Although their kind words of admiration were very impor-tant and well received, these prominent people were not the main focus Saturday night. For-mer Missouri Gov. Bob Holden arrived on campus to speak to the citizens about his life expe-riences while politically serving the communities in the state of Missouri.

Holden was born August 24, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised near the small farm town of Birch Tree. Holden served in a multitude of gov-ernmental positions until being elected the 52nd governor of

Missouri in 2000. During Holden’s speech, he

continually stressed the impor-tance of staying true to his val-ues when competing for politi-cal positions. After his speech, he progressed to the front of the stage and answered multiple insightful questions about the status of today’s economy, for-eign policy and campaign tech-niques.

Recently, in 2005, Holden was inducted into the MBS Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor awarded to past Boys State citizens.

The message of the assem-bly was obvious; make the best of this week because it is your Boys State. As Zac Sweets, cur-rent governor of MBS, men-tioned: “Live life in full effect.” Over the course of this week, Boys State citizens must be in full effect, come out of their shells and get involved in the program.

It is said that one gets out what he puts into Boys State, so citizens need to challenge themselves to extend their boundaries and make the 72nd session of Boys State the best session yet.

Holden praises MBS program

King offers citizens adviceBY PAUL GRANTBOONE CITY

“ W H O S E HOUSE IS IT?” “OUR H O U S E ! ” Hendr icks Hall echoed w i t h t h e voices of a t h o u s a n d Boys Staters in response to the challenge of keynote speaker Kelly King.

Nightly colors, mayoral inaugurations, and an intro-duction by Director Mike Plunkett set the stage for the 72nd Annual Boys State Dis-tinguished Alumni night. Exhausted but riotous Boys Staters filled the seats, holler-ing city pride so that the whole theater could hear.

After a brief introduction, Kelly King, now President of South-Central Division of AT&T, took the stage. King began his speech by explain-ing how he was not so very different from the Boys Staters. King grew up in Sullivan, Mis-souri and came to Boys State in 1984 as a citizen of Blair City. He served as a highway patrol-man and attended the law enforcement school. “I found that there were a lot of boys who were smarter, or stronger, or faster than I was” said King, reflecting on his first thoughts of Boys State.

By listening to the speech, however, the citizens found that King was not one to give up easily. His dad told him, “If you don’t go to college, you’ll clean up a truck stop bathroom for the rest of your life.” King ultimately decided to attend the University of Missouri at Columbia but failed his first four exams. He was way behind in his education, but at Mizzou, like at Boys State, King didn’t quit.

King graduated from Miz-zou with a degree in Mechani-cal Aerospace Engineering. His wife persuaded him to go to the United Kingdom, where he began developing a video busi-ness, called U-Verse, that has now become one of AT&T’s fastest growing sectors.

Eventually, King returned to the U.S., where a change of heart lead him to the mobile phone industry. He went back to school, this time at St. Louis University, where he got his MBA.

As of 2011, King has been working at AT&T for 21 years. During the most insightful part of the speech, King explained how AT&T has adapted to the industry over the years; the company rose to prominence at the same time that Google was in its infancy, leading the two to form a mutual relation-ship.

Former Governor Bob Holden spoke at Hendricks Hall on Saturday night.

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BY SAM EAMESALCORN CITY

In a world where the Internet plays a vital role in how we as a society digest information, it is imperative that we learn the importance of networking. Net-working is an essential part of both small businesses and polit-ical campaigns, and therefore should play a large role in the Missouri Boys State experience.

The stated goal of MBS is to prepare citizens for the future. By giving us a taste of what it is like to participate in a real democracy, the American Legion and everyone involved in the program hope to better prepare us for our introduction to the real world. Unfortunately, because Internet-connected devices are prohibited, we are prevented from learning how to use many of the tools that play a huge role in how political cam-

paigns are run and small busi-nesses are operated.

One needs only to look at one-time Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign to see how big of a role net-working can play in a political campaign. President Obama was able to get his message across by utilizing the Internet, and it paid massive dividends.

The Internet is the most popular way for the general public to consume informa-tion, and to ignore it in favor of old-fashioned marketing tactics like putting up signs does the citizens of MBS a disservice. There is a reason that the New York Times, the most recog-nized newspaper in America, is focusing its efforts on establish-ing itself as a major player in the online news space. We live in a world where fewer and fewer people consume news in the traditional formats, and if we

do not recognize this, we will be left behind.

If MBS were to incorporate Internet usage into its curricu-lum, it would give citizens a huge advantage over our peers. Learning to use the Internet in a professional way is now more than ever a big part of partici-pating in a democracy. It seems like every day we see new exam-ples of politicians, business leaders, and other global lead-ers put their careers in jeopardy when they use the Internet as if it were a private tool. MBS rein-forces this notion by treating the Internet as something to be left at home, rather than educating us on how to use the Internet in a manner befitting of the young leaders we are. This is a missed opportunity, and one that I can only hope will be addressed in the near future.

MBS needs Internet connection

BY MITCH LOALCORN CITY

How is a newspaper supposed to capture the attention of readers? In Missouri Boys State, many things rush by in a blur, elections run left and right and schools keep their students busy.

How many students actually want to hear who the other cities elected and who really knows what the Federalists and Nationalists stand for? At this time of the week, does the amount of revenue that a business has made so far really interest those who don’t live in that city? If not, how is a newspaper supposed to capture their readers’ attention?

Do flashy titles and unique twists make a story great, or is there something more? There has to be meat and potatoes to a story, there has to be conflict and dilemma. Sure, it’s great

to know who won the elections, but we didn’t know who was running. There is not conflict. It’s not a story, it’s a resolution. Resolutions have to happen, but it’s no fun to hear who won if you don’t know who they went against.

It’s not exciting; in fact, it’s anticlimactic. Stories are only interesting because they have problems. The bigger the obstacle, the greater the victory. Winners aren’t winners, unless there are losers. That’s why the race for governor is so exciting. There are obstacles, there are doubts of the outcome. That’s how we, as a newspaper, keep the newspaper exciting. We allude to big-ger and greater things to come. We create prob-lems before they appear.

As a newspaper, it is our obligation and duty to create crisis before it happen. That’s how we do it.

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Make memories by participating in MBS programBY CALEB EISSLERCARNAHAN CITY

“This week will change your life!”

We heard that phrase count-less times in the opening night

assembly and from previous Boys State citizens before camp. But I’m going to be honest, I was skeptical coming in. I came to Boys State because my parents made me.

I entered the camp with

the thought that I would coast through and soon enough the week would be over. Warrens-burg was not where I wanted to be. But Saturday night, while sitting in the Hendricks Hall auditorium, my attitude began

to change. Speaker after speak-er began to give their glorified Boys State pump up speech.

At first I scoffed at the men speaking before us, but I slowly began to buy into this program. I heard more times than I care

to remember that my life would totally change after this week, but that phrase came with an asterisk at the end. And that little symbol makes all the dif-ference.

That extra little thing at the

end of the speakers’ declarations was one word: participate. You can come here and do the whole Boys State thing, but if you don’t apply yourself and participate, you’ll come out on Saturday

Creative writingCitizens take their reality sandwichesBY CAMERON CLOGSTONPERSHING CITY

Ah, what a fantastic gathering! Among the tables and chairs lay a myriad of politicians and lem-onade. All citizens are eating their own reality sandwiches! I walked through the line, as long as it was, and thought about the entire state. There we were for a moment, all together to eat. What a fabulous consuming group!

The serving was ample: Two sandwiches! I graciously accepted with a thank you. A cafeteria for this whole state, a table for my city to eat at anx-iously awaited me. But soon we dropped the tomatoes from our reality sandwiches. Ah, the spoiled fruit! It’s gone! Then the rest of the crowd rushed into the state, and we were complete.

The horror of the endless lunch lines! The terror in our chocolate chip cookies! Please, keep them away from my pota-to chips! Then the dining room was full of citizens. Someone asked me: “Would you like one of my sandwiches?” I said noth-ing, but my mind cried out, “Too much reality!”

However, I soon realized that it was only lunch! We were

all equals; all citizens. I found solace in that, as did my broth-ers. The food was ours, and we reveled in it. And yet, the water counter was lonely. Even as a counselor began speaking, the water was alone! Our lemonade sat high.

I looked at “Jesus”, I looked at Pershing, and I looked at Mis-souri Boys State. I found my own proverbial reality sand-wich! I ate two of them. We filled them with lettuce and ate our hearts out… and were bet-ter for it.

Soon, the long lines were empty; everyone was hav-ing their fill. We were hearing people tell us how clean we are! So many 3s! We are all so clean! “Quick!” someone yelled. “Clean up the tables! We are going to win!” Yes, we all have to win at lunch. The dishes were neatly stacked and our trash was gone.

And then the lunch was over. We were once again human instead of those dreadful ani-mals! I’d had my fill of that naked lunch. That façade we hid behind was over. Then, it was time to pick up our brown bagged, tin-foil wrapped reality sandwiches, and run out to the world!

MBS staff welcomes citizens, families

Bettie Rusher, MBS manager of development and administration, opens the door at Ellis Hall for a family member of a MBS citizen.

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BY PAUL GRANTBOONE CITY

At the party caucuses, brain-storming was very much the order of the day.

Following a presentation on parliamentary procedure and campaigning at Hendricks Hall, citizens returned to their cities to discuss the tasks at hand. Briefings on upcoming events preceded the splitting into Federalist and Nationalist party meetings.

At these meetings, discus-sion concerning the party’s platform moved swiftly for an hour and a half. Everything that would define that party, from taxation to representa-

tion, was addressed and dis-sected by party members.

Ideas were tossed around, debated, restated, and added to the party’s agenda – or thrown out. Once a generalization was formed on how a party felt about a topic, the next one was put on the table.

“I feel like we got a lot done, … people really stepped up” said Jerad Fisher, Boone City Chairman, who coordinated the Federalist party meeting in his city. That feeling – that things got done, people were becoming leaders, and that this was going to be a good week – resonated across the counties, and in every city of Missouri Boys State.

Party caucuses debate Pershing uses chant

Citizens gather to discuss party agendas on Sunday.

BY AVERY SMITHBOONE CITY

Boys State citizens experienced a wild demonstration of parlia-mentary procedures and cam-paign strategy yesterday morn-ing. Most notable were the per-formances of “candidates” Max Powers and Pat McGroin who presented example speeches illustrating the power of good campaign and speaking tech-niques.

Powers began the demon-stration, delivering a well-pre-pared speech that highlighted his leadership and informed considerations regarding the Boys State government. Pat McGroin spoke next, and con-trasted Powers’ confidence and organization with an unorga-nized set of political agendas, delivered with a limp voice

and riddled with embarrassing interruptions from mom.

At the conclusion of the workshop a vote was taken by clapping to judge citizens’ opin-ions regarding the two speak-ers. Despite the obvious “perfect performance” by Max Powers, citizens showed just as much support for the silly McGroin. This equal demonstration of appreciation for the “bad” can-didate seemed to refute the message taught at Boys State, that the organized and well-prepared candidate would be a successful candidate. Instead, it seemed that the cheap humor and easy recognition of McGro-in to Boys State citizens was as powerful as the legitimacy and thoughtfulness of Max Pow-ers’ approach. Although some may attribute the laughter and applause received by McGroin to the relaxed atmosphere of

the session, does that negate the honesty of such displays? Peo-ple don’t often laugh for some-thing they don’t find funny, and heartfelt cheers and applause are easily identified from polite claps after a long speech.

On the other hand, the equal displays of appreciation may illustrate a key to success for cit-izens, neither preparedness, nor humor alone, will win an elec-tion. The best campaign may be one that combines serious polit-ical consideration with a genu-ine, funny candidate. This is something to be considered by everyone at Boys State, not only those campaigning, because it would mean that those who write the best speeches are those who best understand healthy human interaction. With genu-ine discussion, and a good sense of humor.

Powers, McGroin demonstrate campaigning styles

Max Powers and Pat McGroin discuss the merits of choosing your campaigning wardrobe.

BY DOUGLAS MUEHLMANCLARK CITY

A Pershing City source revealed the strange rationale behind their breakfast clamor. The disruption was an imita-tion of a wolf howl. The source also revealed a temporary tat-too on his knuckles, the prod-uct of a tattoo parlor already established in Pershing City. With one word on each hand, the tattoo read “Wolf Pack”.

The history of the wolf howl is a simple one, started as a spontaneous action by a few individuals to greet people as they entered the city. This soon became a theme for the entire city and is now their reaction to hearing their city name. The city has an unofficial nickname from its residents, who refer to it as the “wolf den.”

severely disappointed. It’s like being on the football team but never getting off the sidelines and into the game.

Playing under the Friday night lights can be one of the most exciting things you’ll ever do. But if you just sit on the sideline, it can be one of the big-gest wastes of time in your life.

Even though I was beginning to believe the motivational speeches from the Boys State head ups, I was still very skeptical after walking out of the open-ing assembly. But I realized that if I

didn’t want to make this week a bore I’d have to get involved in something. I signed up to be my city’s reporter since I work with the school paper back home. I thought it’d be easy to coast through with that job. But as the first night dragged on my mind began spinning. While thinking back on the opening speeches, something clicked. I said to myself, “What the heck. I’ve got nothing to lose. Participate.”

Immediately afterwards, I began doing what I said I would: participate. Whether it was just talking more to my fellow Carnahan city members, getting

to know my roommate, or running for an office, I was getting involved. And the more I got involved, the more I par-ticipated, the more fun I began to have.

By the end of yesterday I was fully immersed in the Boys State program. I had two jobs in my city, won an elec-tion, I got to know my ward and room-mate pretty well, helped get businesses started, and I helped create a plan for an air traffic safety monument for our city (since we’re named after Gover-nor Mel Carnahan who died in a plane crash in 2000).

That little asterisk truly has made all

the difference for me so far this week. How much I participate translates to how much I’ve enjoyed Boys State so far. From citizen to citizen, I strongly urge you to just step out and partici-pate, even if it’s just a little. What do you have to have to lose? You won’t see 99% of these guys ever again. Step out of your comfort zone, get off the side-lines, and go for it. It will make all the difference in your Boys State experi-ence.

Typically when we see asterisks, they symbolize a bad back story or an impu-rity. But in the case of Boys State, the

asterisk has a totally different meaning.Then the speakers say this week will

change your life, they’re being com-pletely serious. But their claims are only true if you participate. You decide on how your one and only Boys State experience will be. Are you going to sit back and coast or are you going to get into the game and have a blast. It’s up to you. So next time you hear the claim, “This week will change you life!”, believe it. Just don’t forget to read the asterisk.

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Citizen advocates getting involved to get the most out of MBS session

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Kelly King, AT&T executive, encourages citizens to become lifelong learners

The President explained what AT&T is doing today. The com-pany has transformed from

a telephone company to one focused on innovation. Addi-tionally, AT&T aids natural-disaster relief programs (most recently, Joplin) rather than

choosing to focus only on maxi-mizing profits.

As for his philosophy, King focuses on maximizing return for everyone who supports and

contributes to AT&T. For lead-ership, King suggests a three-step process: be a great learner by participating; be a great teacher by being a great learner;

and be a great coach by being a great teacher.

The former Boys Stater con-cluded on an inspiring note. “We are fortunate,” he said. “We

are blessed. Thank you and God Bless America.” The entire Boys State body rose to their feet, applauding President King, and Hendricks Hall echoed again.

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BY STEVEN UNTCHINGLE CITY

While many of the cities in the Missouri Boy’s State were electing local leaders, many of the civilians were anxious for their athletic directors to bring them the information of the day’s sport activities. One of the more common questions asked by citizens was “What is ABA Basketball and how does it differ from the NBA?” Some citizens said that it depends on the skill of the player. Many assumed the NBA was the highest level of basketball at Missouri Boys State, but many had never heard of the ABA.

The ABA (American Bas-ketball Association) also known as the “red, white, blue” league existed from 1967 to 1976. They were known for very loyal fans, incredible pro-motions, and a difference in the three-point range (com-pared to the NBA). Current NBA teams such as the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and the San Antonio Spurs were all very strong ABA teams back in the day. Due to unstable franchises, teams couldn’t survive inde-pendently and some teams merged with the NBA.

Some citizens were con-fused about what the structure of the game was setup. One staff member compared the NBA/ABA to an AL/NL setup in baseball. There is a two league setup so it will allow more players to participate and have fun at the activity. You, along with your athletic direc-tors, will find it easier to play what you want with this setup.

NBA, ABA differences explained

72nd session of MBS kicks off

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BY SCOTT IMGARTENINGLE CITY

Now that the elections are all said and done, we can all look at how the community is han-

dling itself. The primary point of view being small businesses, whether they are selling food, costumes, or even souvenirs, the point is that they each are trying to promote themselves through

a community type project.In the quaint city of Ingle, the

storm caused by the city election almost took the “mingler” out of Ingle citizens. But, there are those who seem to be stepping

up and taking an initiative with-in the community by setting up their own businesses in order to bring order back to Ingle. The only confirmed possibili-ties are a snack shop, a casino,

and possibly a duct tape-made products. More are expected to pop up as things calm down and people start to set new ideas in to action.

When asked for an opinion

on the businesses starting up Steven from Ingle stated “Small businesses are a great way to stimulate the economy and pro-mote unity in a city.”

MBS commerce flourishes in Ingle City

BOONE CITYBY RYAN LASTER

“Boone goes the dynamite!” This battle cry could be heard within the halls of Boone City as they rallied for elections, politi-cal party issues and small busi-ness ideas Sunday morning in Ellis Hall.

Starting off the morning, the city split into its respective par-ties and went about nominat-ing the most qualified men and deciding what views to support in the upcoming week. Then they reconvened in the meeting hall and listened to each side’s position on why they wanted to fill each electoral position. Afterwards, they split into wards and voted, securing city official jobs for a lucky few.

The newly elected mayor Scott Corn started his time in office by selecting new officers for positions such as police chief, city attorney and chaplain during the city meeting that fol-lowed voting. Many of the elect-ed officials had to give up pre-vious electoral offices, such as a councilman-at-large, to serve Scott, but quickly jumped at the chance to help out their city in such a big way. Armed with a new set of officials, Scott Corn started on city ordinances and began executing his future plans for Boone.

Boone City is also develop-ing new businesses. A construc-tion company has sprung up and gotten to work forming new housing layouts, city walls, and a city jail.

Along with the city jail, a city bank is also developing, giving funds to new businesses so the city’s economy can take off. A small fee for joining is required at signing, but then loans are given out to the businesses who have stepped forward with pro-posal plans and solid ideas. The owner plans on taking the prof-its and putting them back into the community, helping stimu-late even more small businesses to take the leap and become a larger company.

Official city businesses are the not the only ones popping up. Smith’s Signatures, a small tattoo parlor, arrived in room Room 149. Avery Smith plans on doing tribal and abstract art on Boys State citizens for a small fee, turning a few drops of ink into something to wear proudly. Smith has also decided to sell pop to his waiting customers at a cheaper price to help pass the time during the inking.

The first day is barely over and yet so much has been accomplished in Boone. With promises from city officials and new businesses appearing rap-idly, everyone can expect to hear quite a lot more from Boone City.

CARVER CITYBY TYLER SOLOMON

Sleep, sleep, and more sleep is noticeable in the Hendricks Hall meetings. Citizens were even observed napping during former Governor Bob Holden’s speech Saturday night. Some curious citizens wonder why this is going on. Could it be everyone is exhausted from the excitement of the first two days and late nights?

Some cities were off sched-ule Saturday night and finished after eleven; some even finished as late as eleven-thirty. Other reasons why citizens have been sleeping during the meetings have been suggested. Jeremiah Malachi Carter of Whitfield City stated, “ I stayed up late telling my mom about all of the fun I have been having at Boys State!”

CROWDER CITYBY ANTHONY RUELAS

In a state of competitiveness, an environment of do or die, tension has risen even higher as Crowder City took the first state-wide victory to control the General Surplus Outlet Store. Because of this, standards have been raised, conflict has pushed forward, and more Missouri Boys State citizens are deter-mined to expand the influence of their cities.

Observing the Crowder City citizens, their confidence has expanded, their heads are higher, and they are even more determined to win the highest level of recognition- Model City. Since their victory, they have explored new ways to capitalize on creating a unique identity. Crowder City adopted a new handshake, embracing their barbaric, testosterone-driven mentalities. They also created hand gestures to symbolize their pride, love and passion for their city. Currently, they are work-ing on city chants in an attempt to unionize. Because there are many sports fans within Crowder City, these chants have been influenced by the soccer hooligans of Europe, the die-hard mentality of football, and the touch of basketball love, bringing the whole city together under one common purpose.

Though team morale is on the rise in Crowder City, compe-tition from opposing cities has also risen in an attempt to gain status of their own. When GSO victory was first announced at lunch, the whole room went quiet as the Crowder City boys cheered on. Not everyone was as happy. Carver City resi-dent Tyler Solomon said, “See-ing Crowder cheer was really annoying. I can’t wait to break

their spirit later this week.” For the remainder of the

week, all the cities will look to gain status as the dominant city as they compete in various sports. There are still five more days remaining for the other cities to win the grand prize of Model City. With Governor Zac Sweets judging rooms and MBS alumni scoring lunch tables, there is still plenty of room for stiff competition. As the week slowly comes to an end, compe-tition will be on the rise to see which city can prevail over all.

DUGGAN CITYBY DEVAUGHN TAYLOR

Upon arrival to Missouri Boys State, expectations were sky high and nerves were bundled tight. Each citizen had his own ideas of what to expect when meeting fellow citizens in his city. Some were nervous, some were shy, and some were ready to dive right into the social mosh pit known as Duggan city.

The registration period took place over a number of hours, so each citizen made his arrival at various times between 12:30 and 6:00 PM. In Duggan City, it all started with a group of three in the hallway, all of whom had rooms close to one another. As new citizens trickled in, the group went from three to five, then seven to eleven. It kept snowballing until a group in the hallway stood at least seventeen strong. The group meshed together quickly, talk-ing about common interests such as sports, school, friends, and a plethora of other topics. The one thing these conversa-tions had in common? Citizens were all enjoying each other’s company and friendships were forming fast. What really boost-ed morale among Duggan City was the adoption of the catch-phrase “What’s up!?” which was shouted to each new citizen who checked in, accompanied by high fives and pats on the back.

The first city meeting was even more enjoyable, as every-one caught on to “What’s up!?” and the cheer “Ay!” as they threw their arms in the air. Word is also buzzing among city resi-dents to get matching sharpie tattoos of the Duggan City logo, created by Josh Buckner. After cheers came to a close, Dug-gan City neighbor Boone City kicked off a rivalry by insert-ing “Duggan sucks!” at the end of their cheers. Some say the rivalry between Boone City and Duggan City started years ago at an earlier session, but no one is sure of its origin. However, the rivalry is strong and brought the Duggan City citizens closer together, birthing their mascot, the Duggan City Dragons.

GAMBREL CITYBY MARIANO MARIN

It was a busy morning in Gam-brel as the much-anticipated elections for the city-wide posi-tions came around. Many unof-ficial alliances were formed, and candidates tried their best to appear dignified, kind, approachable and capable. For each position, candidates gave a short speech about why they had chosen to run for office and what they would do if elected. Despite the serious nature of the morning’s elections, all business was concluded at least an hour ahead of schedule, leaving the Gambrel citizens to find creative forms of self-entertainment.

In the legislative department, both Nationalists and Feder-alists had candidates that had been placed on the ballot at the behest of their fellow citizens to avoid the embarrassment of an empty ballot spot. In the end, the six representatives of Gambrel in the House of Repre-sentatives were Aaron Jackson, Nathan Fridley, Michael Kelly, Chase McPherson, Troy Stock-dale, and Taylor Hubbard. In the Senate, Gambrel will be rep-resented by Gunhar Johanson, Justin Wurtz, and Tom Dwyer.

At the city government level, the city council members elected from the city at large were Ryan Tate, Ethan Scherer, Nicholas Carroll, Dylan Pashia, Mason Greenwell, and Ethan Marlin. Also on the city coun-cil were the following members of each individual ward: Austin Kerns from Ward 1, Curt Gielow from Ward 2, and Christopher Palma from Ward 3. They will advise Mayor Joseph “Sprin-kles” Hunter for the rest of the week. Also, Michael LeCompte became the city treasurer and Paul Rothermitch was elected municipal judge.

After the ballots were com-pleted, the Gambrel citizens were surprised to find that they had the next hour to wait for election results to come in. After a few minutes of quiet waiting, it was discovered that someone played the ukulele, and some-body else had a guitar. Soon enough Gambrel was enjoying a dancing extravaganza that occu-pied the city until the results were announced. All around, it was a productive morning in Gambrel, and leaders arose that will hopefully serve their city well in the week to come.

INGLE CITY BY CALEB JAMES AND CONNOR MCBRIDE

Today in Ingle’s city-wide elec-tions, Federalists cleaned house. A majority of 19 Federalists won their campaigns, while only two Nationalists were elected. The higher positions went as follows: Mayor Jarod Yount, Treasurer Brogan, and Municipal Judge Sam. The two Nationalists were not even able to win outright. One of them, Eric Whaley, was able to win by a slim margin, pulling out a last minute tiebreaking win for City Council at Large. The other faint red dot in the sea of blue was Garrett Mann, who captured a seat in the House of Representatives. Mann was able to steal attention from the Fed-eralist candidate with the slo-gan, “I’m the Mann! It says so twice on my birth certificate!” Such mottoes were the theme of the election. They included, “FLAM ON!” by Zachary Flam, “I’m the beast from the Middle East!” by Ahmed Yusif, and “If you ain’t got me you ain’t got Jak!” by J.A.K. It is safe to say the Ingle Minglers flew blue at this election.

LEWIS CITYBY RYAN SAUNDERS

After the long process of regis-tration, orientation and settling into their dorms, the guys of Lewis got a taste of what Boys State is all about.

Citizens met their room-mates, suitemates and all of the other boys on their floor, as well as the Lewis counselors: Derek, Erik and Sekou.

And right off the bat, Lewis City was already having its first city meeting and elections for party ward officials and coun-ty delegates. Those interested applied for state appointed or media management positions. That evening, Lewis City all congregated front and cen-ter in Hendricks Hall to hear the keynote address and listen to former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden discuss his growth in politics and the responsibilities of upholding ethics and moral-ity in positions of leadership.

“I remember texting some-one (that) night, amazed at how inspirational the speakers were,” said Matthew Hughes of Lewis City.

PERSHING CITYBY ALEX BURNAM

Eat your heart out, Monopoly guy. Small business is still alive and well in Pershing City. With-in the first 24 hours of the 72nd session of Missouri Boys State, many small businesses have opened their doors, and are rak-ing in the Boys State Bucks.

In this busy campaign sea-son, entrepreneur Alex Bur-nam began selling his abundant poster board and Sharpie supply from his new small business, Burnam Campaign Organiza-tion and Management. His ini-tial success has been widespread within Pershing City and likely will do well on the state-wide level. Burnam also opened a second business, Burnam’s Baked Goods, where he sells home-made chocolate cookies.

Pershing citizens Benjamin Walker and Austin Nobles also opened their own small busi-ness, Holy Tats, a Sharpie-tattoo parlor. Austin, who has long hair and a beard, was affectionately given the nickname “Jesus” by his peers. Therefore, he found Holy Tats an extremely fitting for his nickname for his busi-ness. Holy Tats had a 30 minute wait for its services this after-noon, and the citizens of Per-shing have nothing but praise for the quality of Walker and Noble’s work.

Many other citizens of Persh-ing City have expressed inter-est in the creation of their own small businesses, from taxi ser-vices and law firms to even hat rentals. Entrepreneurs truly find a place to call home in Pershing City.

RICHARDSON CITYBY JOSEPH MCMICHEN

Today in Richardson City many candidates ran for each position. Everyone strove to be the best they could be for each position. First, Richardson City voted for the City Council at Large delegates. They selected Mark Famuliner, Michael Bass, Randy Politte, James Adewumi, Adam Wood, and William Ownby.

Next were the City Councils in each Ward. Michael William Keener was elected for Ward 1 and Danny James Hill became the Ward 2 selection. Finally, Mathew Tommy Odell was winner of Ward 3. Mason Nis-tendirk was elected as Munici-pal Judge.

City News

Carver City citizens introduce themselves at their first city meeting Saturday afternoon.

More than 930 students arrived in Warrensburg from across the state of Missouri. Families walk back to the city areas after orientation, Saturday afternoon.

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Counselors recognized for service

Journalism School Dean Matt Flener, right, presents Senior Journalism Counselor Ben Bressman with an award recognizing more than 10 years of service to Missouri Boys State.

Dean of Counselors Dale Wright, right, presents Senior Counselor and Political Programs Chair Geoff Gerling with a plaque in recognition of 10 years of service to Missouri Boys State.

Dean of Operations Dr. Tim Miller, right, recognizes Senior Legislative Counselor Justin Stephan for 10 years of service at Missouri Boys State.

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