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Ea h ununer a group of guls from Colt Green, Aaron Wolff,
every coun1y 10 Aonda travel to Tallahao;see T' mar Jcm1gan, and Dallas ·app were
for a ,. k of tnnchmeot and m11oducuon to dcdcd from all the bo) m the Cia
r oncta• Mate ovcmmc:nt Three hundred of 2004 to represent Columb1a County
prls stayed at A >nda Stale t.:mversuy and m ThcAmcncan Leg1on's Boys State
I' ere able to ee, firslhand, the workmg of Boys State IS a week long event that
the state go,emment The Amcncao AUXIliary allow' outstanding students to cxpcnence
ot Lake Cuy, cot three guls, Katelyn Crow 1-lllnd ·, O\ mm nt first h nd ' U
and Fadn na Jean from Columht High S hool State" is a fict10nal L1le .:o 1 t10g of
and 1 lly homker from Fort \\hlte to anenJ CIU Each 1ty ml regwn ha the r
!hi e\COI own problem a pnonll< 'lui
U arnval a mock v rnmcnt 1 hvm on Aonda 'tate campu for er l
•rca ted a the "State of Serruoolc" complete days the )>debated 1 ue 10 the
Wlth ea h "mg representing a C1ty and ea'h chamber of the Aorida Lega lature for
collc.t!Vc floor as a countv Pos1u for ''local • four days They \\ere en th ch <
go,emm nt \\1thin th< c10 l'tre appomtrd to run for office. write btl!>, and deca de
l'any hn are drawn wuhin cnie and soon pany on the futur of Boys tate 'llle ">tat "
el cuo bcg-Jo The JUdiCial and UU\e bl"allches was actually ran by the ys so the )a\\
\\ere elected l'lth rcpr<>cntaUv<> from each party, they expcnence something they mtgh
one of our o,.n 1elyo Crow, wa elected
not ever be mvolved in a am
('ommi 1oncr of Agnculture, and had the opponunny "S1tting m th actual Senate Chambe ,
to meet Flonda Comrru. <~on r of gTICuhure Charle
Br oson and hstcmn to Jeb llu speak wa by tar
Dunng a Senate >10n ,the guls recel\ed the cool t pan of the wholetnp" Colt
a v1 It from <•o emor Jeb B h and the ueu1eo ot Green"! cnJ \ m cung n w pe pi an
Governor whQ tal<ed to them about th unportance of karnmg about th ar · hool " T mar J
10 our state's govemltl(l!t and bcm ,, favontc thmg w"' the food It wa
k:no.-. I ns w or kin guts "er en a aw e "· Dall Sapp
tour of the Governor' \1 lUll and were able to 'The scenery on Aomla Slate'S camp was
• pentn th lOllll ""'" n f Aorida s t.abti bed beauuful. and 11 ur a. m to look t
c:rnmau h1l • we l'ere wa n from the d to
the auditonum Aaron Wolff
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