The 2023 Youth Tour Delegates who will be attending the trip to Washington D.C. in June are Emma Bell from Bucklin, Sylvie Christensen from Atlanta, Riley Stoneburner from North Shelby, and Sadie Copenhaver from North Shelby. Twenty-eight students within the MEC service territory submitted a 500-1000 word essay on the topic “Cooperative’s operate on seven core principles; which principle is your favorite and why?” A panel of judges narrowed those 28 essays down to eight finalists. Seven of those finalists interviewed to attend the trip of a lifetime. The interviewers definitely had their work cut out for them. The runner-ups are Cecilia Yallaly from Macon County R-IV, Zoey Ratcliffe from Macon R-1 and Ember Niemeier from Cairo. Photograph submitted
