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Big Country Electric Cooperative P.O. Box 518 Roby, Texas 79543
M E M B E R G R A M
BIG COUNTRY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
April 2008
Big Country Electric Cooperative would like
to announce the winners of the annual
Government-In-Action Youth Tour Speech
Contest. The contest was held February 21,
2008 at the Roby High School auditorium. The
two winners are Cassidy Rhea Cantu of Roby
High School and Scott Bearden of Stamford
High School The two winners will join approx-
imately 1500 other teens across the country for
a 9-day all-expense-paid trip to Washington,
D.C. in June.
Along with the trip to D.C., the students will
each receive a $1000 scholarship. Laurin
Spraberry of Anson High School will also
receive a $1000 scholarship and will serve as
alternate in the event one of the students is
unable to go on the trip.
The purpose of this tour is to provide an opportunity for youth to visit monuments,
government buildings and cooperative related organizations in order to become famil-
iar with the historical and political environment of our nation’s capital. They will
enjoy the best of Washington, D.C. Tour the Smithsonian Institute, Ford’s Theatre,
the FBI Building, the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, Mount Vernon and countless
others. They will experience the sight of Arlington National Cemetery, the Vietnam
Memorial, and the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They
will visit their Congressman’s office and find out face to face what’s going on in
national government. Congressmen will meet with students from their districts and
answer questions about current governmental issues.
Big Country Electric Cooperative is proud to offer our area youth a chance for such
an experience. We were extremely pleased with the presentations. We are proud to
have Cassidy Cantu and Scott Bearden representing our area on this year’s Youth Tour
to Washington, D.C.
Other contestants were Jordan Arnold, Kajsa Pearso