Volume 73, Issue 4

more. Some were more successful Midnight tornado than others, but all were lacking sleep warning: the rush to from this unwanted interruption. Even safety though it was inconvenient, on the by Dean Clingerman bright side it was an event few BBS Close to midnight on the members get to experience. morning of Thursday, the tornado alarms sounded throughout the buildings of BGSU, and sirens echoed through the campus. In the midst of this storm people woke up to counselors and fellow members of BBS guiding the delegates to the proper areas. The members of BBS rushed quickly out of bed and made it swiftly down the stairs of their building. While they patiently waited for the storm to pass over, many delegates contacted their family and friends letting them

Attorney General Mike DeWine pays visit to Boys State

know about the situation. After approximately an hour of waiting, they were allowed back to their dorms. Some were called into city meetings. The threat of tornadoes were gone, but the storm still going strong. The delegates attempted to go to bed once

by Nate White On June 12, 2013, Ohio`s Attorney General Mike DeWine paid a visit to the court section of Buckeye Boys State in Founder`s Hall. While there, he gave a speech that consisted of his describing the job of an Attorney General, pronouncing how you must have a passion for whatever you do in life, and designating that the government can`t solve its cases in one hour, unlike the detectives on CSI. No one will deny that the

Thursday 6/13/2013 schedule of an Attorney General is stringently demanding. Therefore, there must be some reason that DeWine decided to take the time to pay Boys State a visit. DeWine stated, Boys State is great because I think it gives some very practical experience. You have the opportunity to listen to people who do this [political work] every day. I also wanted to [visit] because the American Legion means a lot to me. Buckeye Boys State is known as a week that will shape a lifetime. Believe it or not, DeWine was not picked to attend Boys State in his high school career. Given that circumstance, he looked to something else that would mold his future. DeWine pronounced, I think I first really got interested in government in 1960 when John Kennedy ran against Richard Nixon . . . it was a very close race, hotly contested, and I was at a very young, impressionable age . . . and I think I just got excited by it. Not many people compare the world of politics to the world of sports. Attorney General Mike DeWine is one of those people. He went on to say, The great thing about politics is it`s a lot like sports . . . there`s a competition, there`s a winner, there`s a loser. What`s even better about politics though is that after you`re a winner, you get to go do something with it. continued on page 4

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by Colter Flynn In Bishop City there is a room that boxes also are important to governis kept under lock and requires spe- ment engineers who use cardboard as cial permission for outsiders people a structural material for various projenter. What could be inside that is so ects such as replicas and signs, which important? Something a little uncon- means that the boxes will be in deventional: mand if not purely for competition. If anything, the challenge for other cities is to usurp Bishops supreme reign over the pizza box industry. Will the other cities be able to step up, or will they forever remain behind Bishop in the pizza box industry? Photo by Nathaniel Bertley, Merritt City

Pizza box depot

150+ pizza boxes. Since the second day of Buckeye Boys State 2013, the city of Bishop has been going city to city asking people to donate any piece of unused cardboard possible and overtime they have amassed quite an impressive horde. The project, although comical at a glance, is endorsed by the city of Bishop for a rather serious reason: to create a Gold Standard for monetary value the same way a nation might increase their GDP. The city also intends to endorse their stash of pizza boxes by donating or selling their product to other cities and officials. Bishop City took a risk. One of the most important qualities of a currency is that it must be collectively accepted as an item of value. Therefore Bishop must not be the only city interested in the pizza box business. Luckily for them, the concept has gained ground. Over time, other cities have caught on and began their own pizza box collection with similar goals and an innate taste for competition. If anything at all, this type of interest will definitely bring a smile those that sell pizza locally. The pizza

by Logan Plumley A week to shape a lifetime reads in large font across the front page of the Buckeye Boys State blue book. At the delegate meetings, The American Legionnaires promise that some of the best friendships students ever make will be made at Boys State. After three days, cities are visibly coming together and forming these promised friendships. Although we were diverse coming in, we have bonded and found common interests, said Greg Prince Johnson of the other residents of Balding. Cities may appear very diverse on the outside, but as the residents are getting to know each other better, they are finding common interests between even the most diverse backgrounds and personalities. Numerous Madaffer residents found their common interest in law enforcement, and Bishop residents found theirs in sports. Conversely, Jonah Vonderembse from Leonard attributes bonding to the diversity and different opinions making conversation more interesting. Opportunities to bond in free time have been taken full advantage of by Balding, who uses the free time to have city meetings once a day where we talk about our problems, eat pizza, have arm wrestling tournaments, and play card games, said Johnson. Every resident was also given a nickname at these meetings, such as Ralcontinued on page 4

Lifelong friendships at BBS

by John Gibson Many of the delegates at Buckeye Boys State try to find a position which they are interested in or pick one that seems like fun. The positions at Buckeye Boys State definitely help show the delegates what they want to do in their future. Some of the Boys State delegates actually get jobs either related to or based on the position they held at Buckeye Boys State. No one could be a better example of this than Aaron Raush. Aaron Raush was a Buckeye Boys State delegate in 2003 who currently lives in Columbus. When he first came to Boys State, Aaron didnt really know what position he wanted to hold. He ended up becoming the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) director. Today, Aaron currently works for the Office of Budget and Management as a budget analyst. Aaron is helping out at Buckeye Boys State this year as an OBM counselor. This is Aarons first year helping out at Buckeye Boys State. The Hetuck was able to interview Aaron Raush and asked him his thoughts on the Buckeye Boys State program. Aaron said that he enjoyed his time at Buckeye Boys State in 2003 and believes Boys State is a great way to show civic duty and public service. He went on to say that he had no idea what he would do in his future as he entered Buckeye Boys State, and didnt know that Boys State would help guide him to his current job. Aaron expressed gratitude toward the American Legion for having such a wonderful program and believes Buckeye Boys State provides hope for interest in government in todays youth. Aaron finished the interview saying that he believed Buckeye Boys State delegates are future leaders and government officials of the United States.

Returning to work a decade later

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by Tim Piotrkowski Today I learned what it meant to be a true Buckeye Boy. I met a young man named Kaleb Herrera who previously before his arrival to Boys State was in a terrible car accident and had to be taken by helicopter via Life Flight. Kaleb lives in Clyde, Ohio and is a lifeguard, which is where his story starts. Kaleb needed to pick up some flip-flops from the store for his job, so he drove out and picked up a pair. When he got home his brother wanted to practice driving. Kaleb knew his brother had been practicHe has not been home since ing and agreed to take him out. Kaleb took his brother out onto the country the accident and has built up mediroads to practice with his brother. Ka- cal bills. Despite his accident and the lebs girlfriend and friend also came difficulties he will face when he gets along. While they were out there they back home, he still stays strong and is came to what they thought was a four- making the most of what he can of the way stop. When his brother continued great Buckeye Boys State experience. driving a car smashed into their vehi- For Kaleb to suffer through that accicle on the passenger side. This caused dent and be able to come back from the car to fall into a ditch where Kaleb that just for Boys State truly shows what a great program Buckeye Boys went unconscious. As he regained his conscious- State is. ness, he was being pulled out of the Governor calls car after the Jaws of Life had removed the door. The police started questionconference, ing the accident right away and wantreforms policy ed to know if there was any drugs or by Nathan White alcohol involved. Kaleb explained as best as he could in the condition A press conference was he was in. He was then flown to the called by Governor Knipper Thursday hospital along with his girlfriend who obtained abdominal bruising from morning to detail his revised policies Photo by: John Shaw, Leonard City the seatbelt in the crash. Kaleb had to spend two days in the ICU. When he arrived at the hospital he received stitches across the side of his head. The accident really showed Kaleb how precious life is and how easily it can be taken away from you. He started to realize that he needed to make every opportunity count. Buckeye Boys State was such an opportunity and a once in a lifetime opportunity at that. He has been able to learn so many different things. He even was voted to his city council. Photo by Jon Shaw, Leonard City to the public. The foundation for his

A true Buckeye Boy Stater

program, which he is calling a three tier policy, has had a few fundamental changes. Education and infrastructure are still two of the strongest issues he is pushing, but he has shifted the focus of his third tier from social security to gun control. All these changes were in response to disagreement between the governor and the General Assembly on how these topics should be confronted. He said he hoped to find a compromise between these groups and truly create change. When he opened to questions, the governor was reserved over how his new plans were being accepted by the Senate and House. He mentioned that many new arrangements were being made in his cabinet as well as the Assembly, but his reservation on discussing the issues directly made it seem like very little agreement was being made on these arrangements. Knipper was adamant that all the policies he was pushing are for the long-term, so that may be why the concrete foundation everyone was hoping for in their state government has been slow in coming. The best choice we as the public can take right now though is to put our faith in the officials we elected and hope they can. Photo by Jon Shaw, Leonard City

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by Marc Blanc The State Board of Educa- ing to get the idea into the legislature, tion would like to see one vocation- and once we pass it well figure out al school established in each dorm whatll happen. In order to get the building. The State hopes to establish idea into peoples heads, the State technical training programs that will Board is drafting a bill they hope to become a permanent part of Boys pass through the Senate. The practiState, equal to the prominence of the calities of the programs, such as who Ohio State Patrol Academy. the teachers are going to be and how The vocational schools, as the State they are going to be recruited, would Board is calling them, will provide in- be worked out if the initial bill passes. struction in such career programs as Although the State is confident with mechanics, cosmetology and culinary their idea, the vocational schools alarts. ready face opposition from several Like most technical city school board members and some schools, theres going to be all sorts Senators. of stuff. Stuff that actual high schools Multiple city superintendont teach regularly. Some people dents have voiced concerns with how dont want to sit in a classroom and these programs are going to be fundlearn about history or learn about ed, saying that city school boards will about math. They want to cook, not be able to afford the contributing Superintendent of Daily Operations the money necessary to make the proChase Gideon said. grams a reality. Certain senators pro Since our week at Bowling jected the bill has no chance of passGreen is already about halfway over, ing due to its lack of logistics. the States goal this year is to lay the Despite insisting the State foundation for the career programs to has not yet planned any of the fundplay a large part next year and in Boys ing, Chase Gideon said the State States to come. would put some money forward, but The inspiration for pushing not all of it. the development of vocational schools The bill is expected to be at Boys State comes in part from Ohio discussed in the Senate today. governor John Kasich, who said he wants to reenergize the career and technical education in Ohio. A counselor who oversees the State Board of Education also expressed support for establishing career technical programs. Gideon the State Board is not currently worrying about funds. Instead, Gideon said were just tryPhoto by Jon Shaw, Leonard City

Idea to set up vocational schools develops

Lifelong friendships at BBS continued phie, Prince, Jazz, and Buzz. In counselor Phil LaHues time at Boys State, he made lifelong friends from his rambunctious and eager city, and some that he sees regularly walking around campus at Ohio State. Boys State is an instant connection, said LaHue, a counselor for less than 5 years. He keeps in touch with others through Facebook and Twitter. While A week to shape a lifetime cannot be confirmed until years down the road, Friendships to last a lifetime has already shown its relevancy. Mike DeWine continued Not only was DeWine captivated by the famous 1960 race of Kennedy vs. Nixon, but he had a burning passion for it. This was where he nailed home the main part of his message. He explained to his audience that whatever you do in life, it should be something that you love and has meaning to you. You should be doing something that makes you happy. According to DeWine, it doesn`t make sense to do anything else.

Weather for 6/14 Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 10 mph.