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News Southwest Rural Electric Association April 2015 May 2015 Volume 62


Oliveah Juanes of Frederick High School and Tanner Vargas of Vernon High School are


Southwest Rural Electric Association’s 2015 Youth Tour Contest.


The two were chosen in a competition at SWRE headquarters on Monday evening, March 23. As Youth Tour winners, Oliveah Tanner will receive


and


all-expense-paid trips to Washington, D.C. this summer with delegations of other co-op


students from their


respective states. Oliveah is the daughter of Oscar Juanes and Jobrena Tucker. Tanner is the son of Ruben and Deanna Vargas of Vernon. Runners-up in the contest are Drew Biggs, Frederick High School, and Seth Petzold, Vernon High School. Drew is the son of Randy and Jill Biggs of Frederick. Seth is the son of Corwin and Lisa Petzold of Elmer. As runners-up, Drew and Seth


will have the


opportunity to represent SWRE at the 2016 high school Touchstone Leadership Summit to be held next January in Oklahoma City. Other 2015 contest finalists who competed in the March 23 event were Brandon Cryer, Tipton High School, son of Heath and Michelle Cryer; Christen Foshee of Blair High School, daughter of Kyle and Dawn Foshee; Julian Lopez, Northside High School, grandson of Alberto and Patricia Hernandez; Mandy Oswalt, Vernon High School, daughter of Lee and Sue Oswalt; and Jordan MacKenzie Summers, Chillicothe High School, daughter of Daniel and Tanya Summers. All participating finalists received certificates and cash prizes. The SWRE Youth Tour Contest is open each year to 11th grade students who live or attend school in the


Nine Texoma students participated as finalists in Southwest Rural Electric Association’s 2015 Youth Tour Essay Contest. Students are (front, l to r): Seth Petzold, Vernon High School, Texas runner-up; Tanner Vargas, Vernon High School, Texas contest winner; Oliveah Juanes, Frederick High School, Oklahoma contest winner; and Drew Biggs, Frederick High School, Oklahoma runner-up. Also (back row, l to r) Katie Oswalt, Vernon High School; Julian Lopez, Northside High School; Jordan MacKenzie Summers, Chillicothe High School; Christen Foshee, Blair High School; and Brandon Cryer, Tipton High School.


SWRE service area.


Students were required to write a 500-750-word essay on the topic “Energy for the Future.” Essays were evaluated to determine ten finalists –


five from Oklahoma and five from Texas schools. The ten finalists were invited to a March 23 event at SWRE headquarters in Tipton to present their essays as extemporaneous speeches for a panel of judges who determined the contest winners. Ezariah Walker of Davidson High School was named as a finalist, but a schedule conflict prevented him from participating at the March 23 selection event. SWRE’s annual Youth Tour Contest began in 1964. “These young people are very special,” said Mike


Hagy, SWRE CEO. “It takes skill and organization to write a winning essay that earns designation as a finalist. Delivering that essay as a speech in front of an audience also takes a lot of skill and courage. We can all be proud of these exceptional students.”


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5 Frederick and Vernon Students Named Youth Tour Winners winners of


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