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Show Centerville forms first youth council I ? - yrJ- - ! 1 u J k r 3 By TOM HARALDSEN CENTER VILLEThe City has formed its first-ever Youth Council, a group of Viewmont High School students who will serve as both an "advisory board" to the regular Council and a coordinator of youth service projects. Council formally adopted the Youth Council charter this month, action which solidified a summer-long summer-long effort by Centerville to get the Youth Council organized, i Viewmont View-mont High senior Allison Cutler will serve as Mayor this year, with seven other students rounding out the governing body. In addition, City Councilman Steve Mangel and City Treasurer Judy Hovencamp will serve as advisors. By definition, the Youth Council is "to provide an opportunity for the youth of this community to acquire ac-quire a great knowledge of, and appreciation ap-preciation for, the American political politi-cal system through active participation participa-tion in that system." The Council will inform city government of the needs and wishes of Centerville's youth; plan and implement social, educational, cultural and recreational activities for youth; and work with the Mayor and City Council, along with school and state youth council organizations, organiza-tions, to provide those opportunities for youth that the City of Centerville Center-ville would like to encourage. This past spring, Youth Council members attended a conference for such groups at Utah State University. Univer-sity. Several communities in Utah have such youth councils organized. organiz-ed. Like a regular council, members will vote on issues, record minutes Members of the newly formed Centerville City Youth Council include, front row from left, Trudy Perkins, Sydney Monson, Mayor Allison Cutler and Laurie Linge. Back row, from left, are Blake Beecher, Tana Talbot, Brendan Green and Allison Hancey. distinction. Cutler, daughter of Christopher and Mila Cutler, is a studentbody officer at Viewmont, active on varsity var-sity soccer, volleyball, track and basketball teams, and maintains a 3.6 GPA. She has been on the school's honor roll and has been a region and state solo ensemble finalist. Joining her on the council are seniors Tana Talbot, daughter of Ralph and Kathy Talbot, and Laurie Linge, daughter of Michael and Dianne Linge; juniors Allison Hancey (Doug and Judy Hancey) and Brendan Green (Rodney and Cathy Green); and sophomores Trudy Perkins (Gary and Holly Perkins), Sydney Monsen (Kirk and Haldeen Monson) and Blake Beecher (Reed and Karl a Beecher). Each of them is active in school, church and community affairs. Future plans for the Youth Council Coun-cil include organization of a community com-munity beautification project. City Council members welcomed the Youth Council during a recent meeting, where each was officially sworn into office. of meetings, and assign each councilman coun-cilman to a specific area of responsibilities. respon-sibilities. Terms will be one year in length. The council will appoint a member to be a recorder and another an-other to be treasurer. Already, this group of top notch students successfully suc-cessfully organized a T-shirt sale in honor of Centerville's 75th anniversary, anniver-sary, pulling in hundreds of dollars during the July 4th celebration. The Youth Council also built the City's first-ever float for the parade. Each member must be exemplary, ex-emplary, maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point average and setting the proper example for the community's com-munity's youth. A look at the eight Council members points out that |