Julie Bartling
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Bonnie Geyer
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Farmers Union Foundation Youth Group Visits State Capital
HURON-Ten South Dakota young people returned home from Pierre recently with a better understanding of their government.First row (left to right): Jenna VanDyke, Gary, Gina Dethlefsen, Stickney, Taylor Barry, Carter, and Bonnie Geyer, State Education Director. Second Row: Ashley Stewart and Kaye Leiferman from Kimball, Kersten Hansen, Irene, Katrina Mohror, Dell Rapids. Third row: Lance Rademaker, Lake Preston, Katey Hansen, Irene and Bradley Cihak, Tyndall visited the State Capital as participants in the South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation's Senior Youth Legislative Award Trip.
"These are young people who have completed two years of senior youth studies," explained SDFU Foundation Education Director Bonnie Geyer. "The purpose of the award trip is to give young people a more intensive look at state government and especially the State Legislature than they would likely receive in a one-day high school trip to the Capital."
The rural young people were able to join other Farmers Union members in the annual Farmers Union Legislative Day activities as well as attend committee hearings, observe floor action in both the House and Senate, and meet with lobbyists, pages and interns. The group also visited the National Guard Museum, the World War II, Vietnam and Fighting Stallions Memorials, the Pierre Aqua Center and the Discovery Center.
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation District III Education Director Heather Kuecker from Ramona also assisted in chaperoning the youth group during their three-day visit to Pierre.
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