News Southwest Rural Electric Association May 2017 Volume 64
Safety, Service, Satisfaction... One Member at a Time! Number 5
Blair and Vernon students named youth tour winners Noelle Fernandez of Vernon
High School and Payton Morris of Blair High School have been named winners of Southwest Rural Electric Association’s 2017 Youth Tour Contest. As Youth Tour winners, Noelle and Payton will receive all-expense-paid trips to Washington, D.C. this summer with delegations of other co-op students from their respective states.
Noelle is the daughter of
Lesley De La Cruz of Vernon. Payton is the son of Chris and Lori Morris of Martha. During their trip to
Washington, D.C., the two Texoma youth will visit the U.S. Capitol, Mount Vernon, the capital city’s many memorials and museums, and Arlington National Cemetery. They will also have the opportunity to visit with numerous elected officials.
Youth Tour Essay Contest. Students are (front, l to r): Lane Whitman, Vernon High School, Texas runner-up; Noelle Fernandez, Vernon High School, Texas contest winner; Payton Morris, Blair High School, Oklahoma contest winner; and Molly Biggs, Frederick High School, Oklahoma runner-up. Also (back row, l to r) Brett Haight, Tipton High School; Wyatt Weaver, Navajo High School; Ryan Oden, Altus High School; Dax Kieschnick, Vernon High School, and Emri Baughman , Northside High School.
Runners-up in the contest are Molly Biggs, Frederick
High School, and Lane Whitman, Vernon High School. Molly is the daughter of Randy and Jill Biggs, Frederick. Lane is the son of Brian and Paula Whitman, Crowell. As runners-up, Molly and Lane will have the opportunity
to represent SWRE at the 2018 high school Touchstone Leadership Summit to be held next January in Oklahoma City. Other 2017 contest finalists were Emri Baumann,
Northside High School, daughter of Gillian Lindsay and Rickey Baumann; Brett Haight, Tipton High School, son of Eddie and Beth Haight; Dax Kieschnick, Vernon High School, son of Devin and Sandra Kieschnick; Ryan Oden, Altus High School, son of Tyrone and Christina Oden; and Wyatt Weaver, Navajo High School, son of Richard and Amy Weaver.
All finalists received certificates and $250 cash prizes.
The SWRE Youth Tour Contest is open each year to all 11th grade students who live or attend school in the SWRE service area. Students were required to write a 500-750-word essay on the topic “Powering Homes of the Future.” Nine contest finalists were chosen based on their essays. The nine presented their essays as extemporaneous speeches at a dinner held Tuesday evening, March 21, at SWRE headquarters in Tipton. A panel of judges determined contest winners based on the presentations. The annual SWRE Youth Tour Essay Contest for high school juniors is a tradition that began in 1964. Contest essays were received this year from students in seven Texoma schools.
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