Area students represent Tri-County on Youth Tour

MANSFIELD, PA – Six area high school students represented Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative on the 2007 Rural Electric Youth Tour held in Washington, D.C., June 10-15.

The Youth Tour, organized annually by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association since the 1960s, brings more than 1,400 students from around the country to the nation’s capital for one week each June. Participating students will be entering their senior year in high school in the fall.

Tri-County holds a contest to select the student delegates it will sponsor for the all-expenses-paid trip.

Chosen on the basis of an application, essay and extracurricular activities, the following students represented Tri-County on the 2007 Youth Tour: Travis Baker, son of Damon and Kenda Baker, Cowanesque Valley High School; Sarah Bunch, daughter of Lonnie and Rose Bunch, Coudersport High School; Rebecca Ostrom, daughter of John and Dianne Ostrom, Liberty High School; Carrie Dinger, daughter of Bob and Kathy Dinger, Mansfield High School; Katherine Kasper, daughter of Bryan and Laurie Kasper, Mansfield High School; and Rachel Spencer, daughter of Robert and Ruth Spencer, Liberty High School.

As part of the Pennsylvania delegation, Tri-County’s Youth Tour students visited landmarks including the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam War memorials, Jefferson Monument, Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials, the National Mall, Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo.

In addition, the students met with U.S. Rep. John Peterson in his office in the Cannon House Office Building, and Sens. Robert Casey and Arlen Specter spoke to students on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

The Youth Tour contingent also had the opportunity to view “Bodies — The Exhibition,” an exhibition showcasing preserved human bodies dissected to display bodily systems, enjoyed an evening boat cruise on the Potomac River, toured Mt. Vernon and took in a live theatrical production, “Peter and Wendy,” at the Arena Stage.

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