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Show Middle school students cast their ballots too for the mock election, Manwaring and Marriott, will not have any additional school responsibilities, the middle school did elect four student stu-dent body officers earlier in the year. Stacey Moore, eighth grade, was elected president; Kimmy Wartena, seventh grade, won the vice presidential spot; Gillian Newcomb, seventh grade,' was choseti as secretary; and Paige Maneiott, seventh grade, became the historian. . .i ... . . 1 1 '. i According to Wartena, the middle school studerit body has held seyeral meetings to make decisions about special student activities. She, said the job entails a lot of hard work and responsibility but there are benefits too. ' I "I get to know about things ahead of time and I like helping to make the decisions." The students at the Treasure Mountain Middle School may be too young to vote officially but they are not too young to leam about the democratic process. Last week they participated in their own mock presidential elections complete with debates about national issues and press conferences. According to social studies teacher Juleen Smith, each home room selected candidates so that more than 20 students had a chance to run for president and vice president. Then four top students, Russ Matthews, Scott McComb, Jeremy Manwaring and Paige Marriott ran on two separate tickets in the big election on Tuesday. "The kids had to take time out on their own during the school day to vote," said Smith. Although the winning candidates |