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Youth Elections

ECKAN

East Central Kansas Economic

Opportunity Corporation

Helping People Changing Lives

Youth in Government elects Officers for 2009-2010 Year

 

[Ottawa, KS] – Ottawa’s Youth in Government program continues to provide youth with leadership development opportunities.  The group elected officers to serve as their leaders for the upcoming year.  Officers were elected as followed:

 

Mayor – Zach George, OHS Junior

Mayor Pro-Tem – Molly Rugg, OHS Senior

Clerk – Abby Guenther, OHS Senior

Project Manager – Darrah Jorgensen, OHS Junior

 

In addition, students were recently appointed to specific boards and commissions in Ottawa to serve as the voice of their peers in issues including schools, library programming, recreation, Main Street development, and more.  Student appointments are as follows:

 

Ottawa City Commission – Darrah Jorgensen, OHS Junior

USD 290 School Board – Zach George, OHS Junior

Ottawa Recreation Commission – Molly Rugg, OHS Senior

Ottawa Library Board – Dalton Blankinship, OHS Sophomore

Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee – Abby Guenther, OHS Senior

Ottawa Main Street Association – Jordan Gray, OHS Sophomore and Kaitlin Schulz, OMS 8^th Grader

 

Ottawa’s Youth in Government program is co-sponsored by ECKAN and the City of Ottawa and is a nationally-recognized program that engages students in grades 8 through 12 in hands-on civic engagement and leadership development.  Three positions are available for interested students for the 2009-2010 year.  To learn more, contact Lisa Rivers at 242-7450 ext. 205 or lrivers@eckan.org.