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Volume 78, Issue 4 Thursday, June 16, 2016

State Attorney General Mike

DeWine stopped by Buckeye

Boys State Wednesday afternoon

to answer questions for the aspir-

ing Boys State delegates passion-ate in the fields of law and gov-

ernment. The Q&A was recom-mended to any member delegateof the bar association, but was

also available to other delegates

interested in attending. Attorney

General Mike DeWine is an en-

thusiastic supporter of Buckeye

Boys State and has visited the

program annually for many years.Mike DeWine was born in

Springfield, Ohio and presentlylives in Cedarville. He attended

Miami University obtaining his

Bachelor of Science degree and

then attended Ohio Northern Uni-

versity College of Law where heearned a Juris Doctor. DeWine

has held office positions as a As-

sistant County Prosecuting Attor-ney, County Prosecuting Attor-

ney, State Senator, Lieutenant

Governor, House Representative,United States Senator, and finally

Attorney General.“My favorite job was County

Prosecutor because it was my first

elected job and it was near and

dear to my heart. Working in the

U.S. Senate wasn’t too bad either because there are only 100 peo-

ple, so I knew everyone,” Attor-ney General DeWine answered

when asked about his favorite

position ever held.

Attorney General DeWine’s

speech touched on a plethora ofsubjects. The questions delegates

asked DeWine ranged from his

greatest accomplishment to hismost enjoyable job, and one dele-

gate even asked what his greatest

failure was during his tenure in political office. DeWine even

flipped sides by asking the dele-gates a few questions regarding

how they would handle different

policy issues.

“It was an honor to be able to

answer a question from the Attor-ney General and see that he actu-

ally valued and cared about ouropinions,” Alberts resident Zakar-

ia Sharif said.

DeWine continues to make it a

priority to attend Buckeye Boys

State every year. He sees it as agreat opportunity to be able to

help the future leaders of our state

and country. According toDeWine, the future is not very far

away and the delegates at Buck-

eye Boys State have the oppor-

tunity to get involved in politics

even this year.Speaking with DeWine has revi-

talized political aspirations for

many delegates. (continue page 4)

Attorney General Mike

DeWine at BBS

Michael Adelman

Kyle Cusick

Reporters

Photo courtesy of Dawson Lott

Mike DeWine has been in Ohio politics since 1976.



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On Wednesday night, notable events at the

Stroh Center included the inauguration of

Governor David Helm and an address by

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharon Ken-

nedy. However, the final portion of theceremony was arguably the most interest-

ing to delegates: the awarding of flags to

cities and counties.

Flags are the true mark of accolade at

Buckeye Boys State. Like champions re-

ceive trophies, the finest cities receive

flags as a symbolic gesture of congratula-tion. The flags come with a tremendous

amount of prestige and honor, and they are

fiercely contested among cities.

Flags are awarded to cities and counties

daily. They are awarded to the cities that

did the best work of the day, at the discre-tion of counselors and Legionnaires. One

city in each of Boys State’s nine counties

obtained a yellow flag at the ceremo-

ny. The finest county of the day receives a

red flag.

The criteria for rewarding the flags is pri-marily based upon the quality of work, but

it is also based on the work ethic and deter-

mination of employees. If employees of a

city are observed to be off task or using

cell phones on the job, then their city is

immediately out of contention for the day’s

flag.

The flag reward system truly displays the

pride citizens have in their cities. As cities

were awarded flags at the Stroh Center on

Wednesday night, their citizens erupted in

exuberance and joy, proud of their achieve-

ments. Winning flags gives cities braggingrights over the other cities in their county,

and counties that win flags ob-

tain bragging rights over the

rest of the Boys State commu-

nity.

Flags will be awarded to the

most deserving cities each re-

maining night of Boys State.

After realizing the prestige of

the flags, citizens are sure to be

working hard the rest of the

week, with a great desire to ob-tain a flag and make their mark

on Buckeye Boys State. Photo courtesy of Dawson Lott

Flag Reward Instills Strong Work Ethic in Delegates

Phil Lally

Reporter



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Sunday June 12, 2016 at Bowling Green State Uni-

versity was the date that 1250 boys from high

schools across the state were thrust into a new

world. Ready-or-not, this “week to shape a lifetime”was sent underway. The majority of delegates have

never laid eyeson each other

before becoming

members of the

same Buckeye

Boys communi-

ty. What was notmade initially

apparent wasthat within forty-eight hours a

few of the name-

less, blank faces

would become

icons in the

minds of Boys

State delegates.

Late Tuesday

evening, twocompanions

could be found

trudging across

campus in the direction of the city block-long line

of Buckeye Boys citizens waiting to buy pizza from

a camped-out Domino's pizza employee. One dele-

gate stepped out of his path and greeted the newly

elected supreme court member, Jihad. It was rare tofind a delegate of importance like Jihad by himself

in a place as central as the Towers Plaza. Earlier in

the evening he dominated his political debate whichhelped carry him to a landslide win of over 750

votes. Saying hello to Jihad is opportunity that is passed by few.

Governor David Helm cannot physically be seen

walking to delegate meetings, but it is common

knowledge exactly who is in the center of the suits.

His constituents appear to buzz around him like

bees around a hive, with Helm at the center. Some

of the followers are just random citizens, encapsu-lated by words of instruction the leader has for his

employees onhow to achieve

the political

tasks at hand.

Helm walks

with poise and

talks in a man-ner that radiates

belief. Twodays earlier, hewas an un-

known like the

rest.

Many try and

few have suc-

ceeded in the

political spot-light at Buckeye

Boys State. It israre to capture

the attention of

so many people

in such a short period of time. Buckeye Boys State

is truly “a week to shape a lifetime”, yet no delegate

will understand these words until a pivotal experi-

ence occurs. That experience could be sometime

early in the week, upon graduation, in the proceed-ing months, during college or even fifteen years

down the road. Life lessons are learned at Boys

State that most will never have the opportunity to

receive. The phrase ‘overnight celebrity’ could be

used for some attendees who attain lofty goals, butit could not be possible without the central demo-

cratic values of Buckeye Boys State.

Buckeye Boys State makes weekly celebritiesBy Connor Dawson

Social Media Department

Photo courtesy of Dawson Lott

Governor David Helm’s cabinet consists of eleven delegates from

various cities.



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Although most everyone is well

acquainted with the details of our

state government, few people areaware of what goes on in our lo-

cal city governments. Delegatesat Boys State have been elected tocity positions and are beginning

to settle into their new jobs and

responsibilities, but other at-

tendees are still unaware of what

constitutes a regular day for our

city employees.

City employees meet in their re-spective offices in McDonald

Hall. Each city at Boys State hasan assigned floor upon which

their offices are. From these offic-

es, city employees are faced with

a variety of tasks and responsibil-

ities to help their cities thrive and

prosper here at Boys State. In the

hallways, makeshift roads are

constructed from masking tape,and failure to follow proper traf-

fic law will lead to fines.

Amongst city employees, citycouncilmembers play a pivotal

role. Within city council, all employees are given problems to

solve over the course of the next

few days. Today, Bishop city was

given the responsibility of fixing

the rampant cockfighting that has

infiltrated its ranks. According to

Bishop City Council PresidentAvery Howard, councilmembers

are given three problems to solvea day, which forms the bulk of

their work.

In addition to the three problems,

councilmembers must approve all

activities in the city. For example,

today city councilmembers inBishop rejected a proposal to

build a building due to the pres-ence of an endangered species inthat area. Requests are rejected or

approved as the day goes on and

city counselors vote to pass reso-

lutions brought by citizens.

Overall, city council is the legis-

lative body of the city. The mayor

on the other hand, serves an exec-utive position. According to Dan-

iel Birdsall, the Mayor of Bishop,mayors must oversee all appoin-

tees and make sure that the city is

running smoothly. Furthermore,

the mayor is the link in communi-

cation between city and county,

and city and state. All in all, the

mayor plays a key role in main-

taining the city.

There are also a variety of sup-

porting roles in the city. From

parks and recreation to city engi-

neer, numerous positions are in

charge of facilitating the process-es of the city. To put in simpler

terms, the city is the lowest de-

nominator of our government and

plays a key role in the functions

of Buckeye Boys State.

Attorney General Mike

DeWine at BBS

(continued)

Buckeye Boys State Attorney

General Nicholas Fish was hum-

bled by the chance to be able to

meet the actual Attorney General

of Ohio. Fish was able to learn a

lot from the session and wasthankful for the opportunity he

was given.

“What he does is extremely im-

pressive. He was even able to

give my staff and me advice

about a question we had that dealt

with prioritizing work that needs

to be done,”For all other attendees it was stilla valuable experience. They ap-

preciated his presence and stilllearned a lot even if they have

other jobs at Buckeye Boys State.

“It was very enjoyable to me be-

cause figures like him are often

distant and almost surreal sincewe only hear about them in the

news and media,” Supreme Court

Associate Justice Labeeb Ahmad

said, “I saw that you can still be avery nice and humble person as a

politician, so it pushed me to

think that becoming a politicianshould be kept as an option as I

start thinking about what I would

like to pursue.”

City government at Buckeye Boys StateBy Umar Shaikh

Reporter

Photo courtesy of Jake Chilson

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