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Show . , im f ice. J I I vl . 1 . " 7W ,., - A ' sf )' ' jzfy-'i v i - V fi,4M .f - T" , "St. GIRLS' STATE FINALISTS J The 37th annual session of Utah Girls State will be held at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, June 5-11. GIRLS STATE is an effort on the part of the American Legion Auxiliary to bring to the girls of Utah a knowledge of the fundamental principles of American Government through actual practice and control of the state offices dur- , ing Girls State. , As future voters and office holders, the girls should have ', an understanding of the prob- Mi lems of elective officials, their duties and their functions. The opportunity to learn thse fun- ; damentals will be offered by this program. APPROXIMATELY 350 !l girls will be attending the 1983 session and will form a mythic-alSlst mythic-alSlst state. They will function according to the laws of procedure proce-dure of the State of Utah , taking tak-ing the basic laws of Utah as their guide. In Girls State the ; girls observe first hand the problems of government. They elect their own officials, from the governor on down. In addition, two girls will be I elected as national senators I i and attend the Girls Nation I : seseion in Washington, D.C. in These girls will represent American Legion as finalists to the Girls' State Convention June 5-11 at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City. They are Kristin Fadel, front; second row, Shauna Hadley, Kay Cahoon, Andrea Tolman, and Heather Huff. Back row, Allison Parker, Anne Butler, Gayle Grotberg and Michelle Gardner. Absent were Holly Rowe and Lisa Calder. July. Application to Girls State is made by girls in their junior year of high school. This year's finalists were chosen from a field of 45 candidates. They appeared before a panel of judges and were rated on their responses to questions concerning current events, knowledge of government and why they wished to attend Girls State. THEY WERE also rated in the areas of poise, personality and speaking ability. Those ratings were combined with an assessment of their background back-ground in leadership and involvement in-volvement in community, school and church acivities. Eleven girls from the Bountiful Boun-tiful area will be attending the up-coming 1983 sessions. They are Anne Butler, daughter daugh-ter of Mrrand Mrs. Jay W. Butler; Bu-tler; Kay Cahoon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Cahoon; Lisa Calder, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Calder; Kristin Fadel, daughter daugh-ter of George and Janice Fadel, and Michelle Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Quinn Gardner. ALSO INCLUDED are Gayle Groberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Groberg; Gro-berg; Shauna Hadley, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hadley; Heather Huff, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Huff; Allison Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Parker; Holly Rowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Del B. Rowe, and Andrea Tolman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dennis Tolman. The American Legion Auxiliary Au-xiliary wishes to acknowledge the financial support that this program receives from several local organizations and individuals. indi-viduals. Assuming tuitions costs for this year are Ladies of Elks, Bountiful Busines and Professional Women, Bountiful Bounti-ful Layd Lions, the Lady Republicans, Re-publicans, Dora Trowbridge in the name of the Jessemine Literary Li-terary Club, and Mrs. W.S. Hatch. The local American Legion Auxiliary unit is sponsoring spon-soring one Girls Stater, and will also have a member, Mrs. Donna Nielsen serving as a volunteer housemother during the session. |