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Vol. 66 Number 10


News orthwestern Electric August 2015


Youth Tour provides once in a lifetime experience NWEC delegates collect memories in D.C.


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or the past 51 years, groups of Oklahoma high school students have traveled to Washington, D.C., to tour our nation’s capital as part of the Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. This past June, Madi- son Evans and Morgan Miller joined 67 fellow Oklahoma students for an eventful, fun-filled week in Washing- ton, D.C.


The annual tour began June 12, 2015, with a “Get Acquainted Ban- quet” in Oklahoma City. The 69 winners, representing 25 of the state’s rural electric systems, departed for the nation’s capital the next morning. Once they landed in Baltimore, the delegates began their week-long adventure touring Baltimore’s In- ner Harbor. After a short bus ride to D.C., they started their whirlwind tour with the Lincoln, Korean and Viet- nam War Memorials.


“The most exciting part of the trip for me was getting a private tour of the Capitol building from Congress- man Mullin,” said Madison. “Other highlights of the trip were The Holo- caust Museum, seeing the Constitu- tion, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence, and going to the Sunset Parade.” Morgan enjoyed making new friends from all over Oklahoma. “Making new friends, experiencing new things and visiting new places were just a few of the highlights of my trip,” said Morgan. “The most


exciting part for me was getting to tour and see the working political buildings of our nation.”


In addition to seeing all the histori- cal monuments and taking photos of the White House during their stay, the Oklahoma winners toured the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Holocaust Museum, Pentagon, Mount Vernon, Ford’s The- atre and enjoyed a riverboat cruise on the Potomac River. The group also hosted a Congressional Summit for the Oklahoma Delegation, aides and guests, assisted by Congressman Lucas, Cole and Senator Inhofe and their staff.


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Madison Evans and Morgan Miller collected lots of memories when they experienced the sights and sounds of Washington, D.C., during the 2015 Youth Tour.


Morgan had the opportunity to collect even more memories when she returned to Washington in mid- July as the Oklahoma delegate for the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) of the National Rural Electric Coopera- tive Association (NRECA). Judges representing the Oklahoma Associa- tion of Electric Cooperatives selected Morgan from a field of 13 students competing for the YLC position dur- ing the 2015 Youth Tour. As a YLC member, Morgan will participate in the 2016 NRECA An- nual Meeting next spring in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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