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A Nashville High School student has been selected to participate in the 2019 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Maya Fant, a senior at NHS, is one of four students selected as winners of an essay-writing contest on the topic of the History of the Bill of Rights.
The trip is all expense paid and will involve approximately 45 other youths from across Arkansas. From June 14 through June 20, the tour will visit the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson monuments; the Vietnam Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, and other sights in Washington, D.C.
In addition, the winners will be eligible to compete to represent Arkansas on the National Rural Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Leadership Council.
Each of Arkansas’ 17 electric cooperatives select representatives for the Youth Tour, primarily through speech and essay contests. Those winners will join approximately 1,500 youth from 38 states in Washington for the National Rural Electric Youth Tour.
