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When he was nominated to attend Missouri Boys State as a young man, Director Mike S. Plunkett was initially reluctant to come.

“I went to Boys State because my mom made me go,” he said.

He did go, and has since become a successful business-man and the program’s direc-tor. Despite his financial suc-cess, he remains dedicated to service and this week has been introducing speakers to MBS citizens every day, at meals and assemblies, in addition to all of his work behind the scenes.

Director Plunkett grew up in the Kansas City area and attend-ed high school in Grandview. He went on to earn a degree in accounting at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, and is now a Certified Public Accoun-tant. To begin his professional career, he helped found Machin-eryLink, Inc., the largest agricul-tural equipment leasing compa-ny in North America. Plunkett was also a manager at a business consulting group, after which he founded his own consulting firm, iNTELLISHARE. Addi-tionally, he has been the chief operating officer for Strategi-cOne, a company which helps

nonprofit organizations raise funds. A very welcoming and selfless man, and surely a lov-ing father, he has two children, Morgan and Jack. Lastly, he sup-ports the KC sports teams—the Chiefs and the Royals—and he enjoys funny movies, especially those featuring Will Ferrell.

Thanks to his mother’s encouragement, Plunkett par-ticipated in the 1985 Boys State. He was shy at first. However, he soon made a commitment to at least attempt success, and he was elected as a mayor. Because of his passion for public service, he has remained involved in the Boys State program for 24 years, but 2009 is his first year as director.

Due to his longstanding con-nection with the organization, Plunkett says many of his clos-est friends are on the MBS staff. With them he shares a commit-ment to serving the public and improving society; all are vol-unteers. In accordance with this, Plunkett hopes to increase the role MBS plays in the lives and communities of attendees. He asks them to remember that their country needs the service of their unique abilities. When asked his advice to achieve success in life, he replied, “Always push yourself to do something uncomfortable. That’s you succeed.”

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Tonight, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) will speak to approx-imately 1,000 Mis-souri Boys State citi-zens. The governor’s long history in public office is expected to spark mixed reaction including interest and controversy.

Governor Nixon has come under fire about plans to cut the budget. He is preparing to cut the 2010 budget by at least $100 million.

“We’re going to have to trim a fair amount … At least nine figures,” Nixon told reporters.

Many big-ticket items are being considered as the gov-ernor decides what to cut. The

cuts could include cash flow to public schools, universities, community colleges or Med-icaid providers, which include hospitals and doctors.

Missouri House Budget C h a i r m a n A l l e n Icet, a Republican from Wildwood, has weighed in on Nixon’s comments.

“His office knew or has known for a num-ber of weeks, definite-ly in May and maybe prior to that,” Icet

said. “It would have seemed to be more prudent to take action then. In two and a half weeks, you just can’t do a whole lot.”

Nixon has also been making trips around the state touting a new economic development law

Gov. Nixon to speak tonight

Plunkett challenges MBS citizens to push themselvesThe third Special Assembly was

an interesting one, with a lecture by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Lee Armitage, who accepted the 21st annual George W. Lehr Memorial Speaker’s Chair. Armitage provided insight to the foreign policy —past, present, and future — of the United States.

The lecture began with an introduction by MBS Direc-tor Mike Plunkett. After the thunderous applause, Armit-age began his address with a humorous yet relevant story

about having faith in taking opportunities. “You can have all the faith in policy, school, and religion… but you need to take every single opportu-nity to improve your lot in life,” stated Armitage.

Armitage went on to talk about ethical responsibility in being a leader. “Honesty, integ-rity, and empathy play a big role in the shaping of a leader, but they are no easy traits to acquire.” Armitage said. He went on to say, “Even I am trying to live up to these stan-dards!”

With an extensive and impressive resume in being a

leader, Armitage gave examples of making mistakes along the journey to success. “You’ll make errors. I’ve made plenty. But, don’t make the same mistake twice, and there’s nothing you can’t overcome,” he explained, “you’ll come to forks in the road, and you’ll have to make a decision to take a road.”

The former Deputy Secre-tary of State explained that for the U.S. to establish itself in a new rising global power strug-gle, it needs to establish ethi-cal and smart foreign policies. Armitage stated that, “the Bush Administration went more along the lines of a ‘hard’ and

‘forceful’ policy. The Obama Administration will employ a softer approach, but still smartly employing both hard and soft policies.”

At the conclusion of the lecture, Armitage opened a question and answer session, where a number of citizens asked questions concerning his statements on foreign rela-tions. It was clear that Armit-age’s message was conveyed in a productive and informative manner because of the various questions asked. The students seemed to give an appreciation to Armitage’s remarks by giv-ing him a standing ovation.

City Elections kicked off Mon-day, June 15 with booming and successful results. Each town within the entire boys state cam-pus elected Mayors, Councilmen, Municipal Judges, and many other positions to complete a fully functioning government at the local level. The position of mayor is the first step of many in the structure here at Boys State.

“The Local Government plays a key role in the govern-ment here at Boys State,” said Mike Jones, Govenor.

“I wouldn’t say that the local government isn’t as impor-tant as the state government because they are an equal and shared government,” Dean of Counselors Dale Wright said. “The state government can’t do it without the local gov-ernments, they’re all working

together.” With high hopes shared

among all candidates and citi-

zens at Boys State, and the first steps out of the way, the pro-gram can now continue on to

more involved and increasing-ly progressive movements that will change lives forever.

Cities elect new mayorsOfficials will try to lead their cities to Model City

VOLUME 70, NUMBER 4 • WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2009 • MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE

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BY JoSEPh PAttENBoone

Kevin Armour of Ingle was detained by Mayor Clay-ton Buback Monday after an attempt to steal the Boone flag.

“We were sitting in the city meeting, and this guy just not-so-secretly tiptoed across the meeting hall,” citizen Brian Bafaro said. “Someone from Boone yelled ‘He’s got our flag!’ so I tackled him. He wriggled out of my grip, but I was able

to grab hold of his shirt, and the mayor came and took him into custody.”

Buback acted on the authority of the rights out-lined to him in Chapter four, section C, article 6 in the Missouri Boys State Citi-

zens Manual, which states that “(The mayor) may make arrests without warrant, and may exercise police powers personally to suppress disor-der and maintain the peace.” Armour is now awaiting pros-ecution in Frank County.

Flag thief caught in act by Boone citizen

BY DANiEl RothWEilERRichaRdson

Joseph Rouillard of Richardson was expelled from the Lieuten-ant Governor race Tuesday after the Federalists Cre-dentials Committee misplaced his can-didacy petition.

Rouillard, a Fed-eralist, filled out his candidacy peti-tion correctly and turned it in to the Federalist Creden-tials Committee. Rouillard prepared himself for the upcoming event by writ-ing his speech, determining goals for his platform, as well as determining goals for all state citizens alike. Dressed in coat and tie, Joseph headed towards Hendricks Hall making his last mental notes for his speech. He was then told that he would not be allowed to campaign for Lt. Governor.

He later found out that the reason behind his expulsion was that the Federalists Cre-dentials Committee misplaced his candidacy petition. Rouil-lard was outraged and wanted an explanation.

“I am suing the Federalists Cre-dentials Commit-tee for negligence, emotional damages, punitive, and in vic-tory, I wish to be placed back on the ballot,” said Rouil-lard.

Because he did not get what he believed to be an acceptable explanation he chose he chose to act on the “unacceptable” mishap. Rouil-lard has filed a lawsuit and is looking to those citizens who believe he has the right to be re-entered into the campaign for support.

The Federalists Credentials Committee was not immedi-ately available for comment.

Rouillard dropped from ballot

BY JAcoB loWEcaRveR

Jack Hobbs, a candidate for Attorney General, sparked con-troversy at the Nationalist Party Caucus on Tuesday with some references to past presidents that were meant as a joke.

In the speech Hobbs made a reference to “taking a bullet like Lincoln.” The joke was greeted with a cool reception and could be considered widely inappro-priate.

He also mentioned that if

elected he would indict both the governor and select coun-selors.

The remark sparked interest, but when pressed to give details Hobbs stated that the investiga-tion was still ongoing and could not title anyone yet.

Also in his speech he made reference to a secret mafia’s that have popped up around boy’s state, and again refused to give greater detail.

“He had a pretty solid speech but (there was) some controver-sy at the end,” said Matt Schae-fer of Lewis.

Controversy swirls at Nationalist caucus

BY cAlEB SMothERSclaRk

The Missouri Boys State Lot-tery Commission has been accused making an unauthor-ized change to the price of cer-tain lottery tickets.

Shane Sell of Clark claims that State Lottery Commis-sioner David Carley tried to sell tickets to him on Monday at a different price than what was set upon by the commis-sion. Sell claims to have wit-nesses to the event and plans on pursuing a criminal trial

against the commissioner, and the commission itself.

However the commissioner of the lottery believes differ-ently.

“I’m ready for a trial. It’s been an issue since Monday night’s dinner,” Carley said. “I’m not at all at fault, I’m the gaming commissioner and it’s a right reserved of my position to change ticket sales at anytime.”

The case itself hasn’t seen any legal action at this point, but it is widely believed that the issue will be the talk of MBS as it gains more and more steam.

JoSEPh RoUillARD

Lottery scandal alleged, Sell to take legal action

Nixon returns as governor

BY MichAEl GARciA iiiBlaiR

While citizens ponder which candi-dates they want to vote for, those same candidates search for inspiration.

That inspiration arrived in the form of Missouri’s 55th governor, Jay Nixon.

“The prize to governing is the opportunity to make a difference,” said Nixon.

In his fifteenth appearance at Mis-souri Boys State, Governor Nixon talked about the importance of gov-erning and legislat ion passed last year.

Some accomplishments in legisla-tion were the offering of more degrees to college students and the capping of tuition for those same college students in Missouri.

918 more degrees will be offered as a result next year. As stated by Nixon, target areas of employment essen-tial to the growth of Missouri are the advancement of the energy field and the identification and evaluation of special-needs kids.

“We passed a bill this year that says incentives for power companies will be awarded for conserving energy,” he

said. Stating while on the cusp of a new

world in energy, Governor Nixon talk-ed about future legislation he hoped to pass which included tax deductions for students of families on an average income and education plans for spe-cial-needs kids.

His words to the cit izens were somewhat developed in the question and answer portion of the assembly.

While his answers were short, the meaning was greater than any speech he could have prepared ahead of time.

Governor Jay Nixon addresses the 70th session of Missouri Boys State at Hendricks Hall on Tuesday night.

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Who is the best person to ask for campaign advice? Mike Jones. The current Missouri Boys State governor was elected the posi-tion last year at the 69th MBS and obviously ran a successful cam-paign.Governor Jones stressed the importance of never giving up. Before his election as governor, Jones was a ward committeeman and also ran for city mayor. How-ever he did not win this election, as his fellow citizens believed the eventual governor would make a better news anchor than a politi-cal leader.

Jones used this failure to increase his drive for the state-wide governor position. “I never gave up,” said Governor Jones, “and that is very important.”

As far as campaigning, Jones stressed that name recognition plays a huge part. “The name con-nection between me and the rap-

per Mike Jones helped greatly,” explained the governor. “It really helped me stick in the mind of voters.”

Governor Jones suggested for candidates to create a clever slo-gan or catchphrase to keep your name relevant in election polls.

Speeches and public image are a central part of campaigning as well. “No one wants to hear a ste-reotypical politician,” elaborated Governor Jones. “Do not take yourself too seriously, but make sure people understand your mes-sage”.

Jones also suggested advertise-ments in all aspects of media --- print, radio, and television, but also suggested other ways of gain-ing exposure for state-wide cam-paigns.

“I would recommend talk-ing to people. Personally go to different cities and put up signs. This generates curiosity and initi-ates conversation; allowing you to reach a broader audience”.

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GambrelupsetwithWeyerforelectiondominationBy Steffan tRiPLettGambReL

Tensions are rising in Bacon County; controversy has stricken. After the county political rallies on Monday night and the results during Tuesday afternoon, a rift has formed in Bacon County, and many are questioning a city’s tactics. The con-flict stems from the fact that Weyer has acquired every county position and office in Bacon County.

“After our county meeting, we saw that it was a completely Gambrel domi-nated ticket,” says Weyer citizen Jacob Nicholas.

Weyer citizens proceeded to vote using write-in candidates from their city in all positions where two candidates

from Gambrel were competing as well as in others. Jacob said that after the idea was suggested there was an “overwhelm-ing response.” “We knew it would be ben-eficial to us,” Jacob stated.

On the other side of the dilemma, citi-zens of Gambrel citizens were very upset. Gambrel citizen, Thomas Miles, said of the subject, “My opinion is, even though it’s perfectly legal, it was rude, immoral, and unethical. When we selected on the ballots, we chose who we wanted based on speech, not based on city, but on who was best for the position.” Gambrel citi-zens were mostly irritated with the fact that many of the choices on the ballot were between members of their own city; the thought that Weyer citizens could still right in the positions had not even

crossed their minds.Jacob Nicholas ended by saying, “Citi-

zens of Weyer were happy. We did feel that it could be seen as underhanded though.” He also stressed that citizens of Gambrel could still be represented as Associate officers.

“We want to keep both cities in coop-eration with each other.” Thomas Miles said, “I think they were scared that we had more people or [Weyer citizens] afraid that they weren’t going to get Model City.” Gambrel’s lawyers are heavily researching to see if any form of action can be taken, while the main goal of the city is to stay positive. Gambrel counselor, Matt Hume, advised Gambrel citizens to “take all of the frustration and put it towards the growing of the city.”

Sports Totalsalcorn 40Blair 40Boone 50Carnahan 30Carver 45Clark 65Crowder 35doniphan 50duggan 35gambrel 60Ingle 40Lewis 50Pershing 60richardson 65weyer 60whitfield 35Missouri state representative stephen webber (d-Columbia) returns to MBs to address this

year’s citizens. webber has served as a MBs counselor and attended as a citizen in 2000.

Missouri Governor Nixon shares personal backgroundBy JacoB nichoLSonWeyeR

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon spoke to Mis-souri Boys State Tuesday night. He described Missouri’s educational funding, healthcare system, and status among the other states (and collegiate sports teams) in the nation.

What was not covered, however, were Nixon’s early experiences and values. These experiences gone by are not his most relevant conversation pieces. These bits of informa-tion do need to be known, though, to give the average MBS citizen a broader view of the

Missouri governor.Nixon spent his childhood in Desoto,

MO. His family consisted of two driven par-ents, and two sisters. Seeing his parents as leaders paved the way for young Jay Nixon to succeed in many various sports teams and athletic events at his local school, among other accomplishments. This supportive family environment, coupled with his own achievements, instilled in the governor-to-be a distinct set of values and a hopeful state of mind that he would carry with him into his adult life and political career.

Nixon learned in those earliest years of

his life to set the bar high for himself. He learned to believe that, no matter what, he had a chance for success. With this hopefulness came a great sense of responsibility that he has certainly wielded with excellent results in his political career. Above it all, Nixon developed a “positive feeling” about making his state a better place its proud citizens.

By following his parent’s models, suc-ceeding in his personal ventures, and jump-ing into a career of public service, Nixon was able to grow those qualities within himself that help him appeal to the common per-son, and to the public as a whole.

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“Bi-partisanship—The Federalist Party is for unification of the entire Missouri Boy’s State. We want to tailor to the needs of the citizen- no matter what party. Strong ethics and sound moral values are the base of our platform. The values and principles our founding Fathers founded this great nation on are what we support.”

Pro: Bi-partisanship is essential for any func-tioning government. This would allow the flow of good legislation to be quicker, thus benefiting the citizens of Boy’s State.

Con: Since the Federalist are a minority, unification=submitting. If the Federalist truly do want to win elections and still unify Boy’s State they will most certainly pander to Nationalist and their ideals and wants.

“Transparent Government—A limited govern-ment that oversees and regulates when absolutely necessary. We are not for a nationalized and over powering government. In favor of a free market to encourage competition between businesses. We believe the state government should deal with issues that actually pertain to the state. The appropriate levels of government should take care of the appropriate issues.”

Pro: A small government that gets out of the way is great, it allows for businesses to operate without any complication.

Con: Making a government small out of fear of being too powerful or unchecked could leave us with a very inactive government that does not satisfy its citizens.

“Citizen’s Rights—we want to promote more citizen freedom. More cell phone privileges. In favor of getting food brought in from outside restaurants. Our main point- BETTER FOOD! Increase free time for Missouri Boys State citizens.

Later lights-out time. Overall, we want citizens to have more freedoms and equal rights.”

Pro: Although we hear a lot about cell phone privileges out on the campaign trail, we hardly ever hear a candidate suggest a good reason to justify their usage. If citizens could use their phones to call or text one another they could save time in various activities, including committees and campaign groups. Ideas could be suggested to a committee chairman before the committee even assembled.

Con: Cell phones can be a real distraction; if allowed to be used freely on campus. Even though Boy’s State citizens are the best of their high school, they still are high school students; and behave like so.

Many consider the promise of better food to be very empty.

“Low Taxes/ business Supporters—Eliminate sales tax. Low, flat rate of 10% on business income. All money not used of the 10% by the government will go back to the businesses through grants. We are definitely for small businesses. To generate revenue quickly, a tax holiday will be granted to all businesses in the start-up phase. We want to see most of the money from the income tax come back to the citizens. We are in favor of tax refunds and grants toward city and county programs.”

Pro: With no sales tax, the purchasing of products and services would not be punished and would encourage more consumption. The tax holiday would also allow businesses to raise enough money to stand on their feet before they had to start paying taxes.

Con: Unfortunately, with just an income tax and no sales tax, it seems like the government is punishing businesses for making income. Also, it forces one of two options – raise the price of income tax or give the government very little money to operate off of.

Federalist presents party platformBy nick thomPSonweyer

Yesterdays’ rowdy Nationalist Party Caucus saw everything from a pompous display of arro-gance, jokes that crossed the line, pictures of a gorgeous actress, to many catchy and memorable slogans. The decibel level in the auditorium rose with both cheers of approval and raucous boos. Nevertheless, Nationalist Party members have made it clear what they want in their candidates in state offices, and they take their informed decision to the polls this morning.

The first quality that Nationalist voters made clear was that they want candidates with humil-ity. They were not impressed with showman-ship of accomplishments. Instead, they favored qualified candidates that portrayed themselves as regular guys that wanted to work for and with citizens, not above them. Luke Chellis, or “Liberty Luke” as he has come to be known, is an extremely successful St. Louis-area scholar, but his listing of accomplishments and claims to sole proprietor of party platform did not sepa-rate him from the rest of the candidates in the

speech. It speech actually separated him from possible supporters.

Opposite Chellis was Mark Powell. When he took the stage, the audience roared when he explained how he wanted to work with everyone and consider service to citizens as his top prior-ity.

Nationalist voters also made it clear that they wanted their candidates to be able to have a humorous side, but balance it with the seri-ous task of public service. Lieutenant governor candidate Clifton Lubers’ humorous slogan “If your political life is dry, vote Luber” was demon-strably popular. He did not, however, just have a great slogan and a funny speech. In his speech he outlined a perfect explanation of the responsi-bility of his position and why he felt qualified to run for it, and why he wanted to run for it. Many candidates utilized humor, but only a skilled few were able to use it to their advantage to accentu-ate their speeches. Others had jokes that drew no reaction from the crowd, or some believed them to be too racy. Stephen Abbots’ drew the most boos for his increasingly inappropriate jokes as his speech continued.

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By StePhen RehagenThe Alcorn city council has been busy creating a city budget. On Monday evening, the city council, under Mayor Preston Reynolds, created a flat tax of $300 BSB for each citizen to cover the costs of the city park and public offi-cial salaries. The city council decided to have no business taxes.

“I guarantee: no more taxes after this,” Reynolds told citizens. “If we have extra money, we’ll give it back to the city.”

In Monday athletics, Alcorn won five competitions, lost three, and tied one.

“A message to other cities: Alcorn doesn’t mess around in athletics,” Alcorn Athletic Director Julian Knight said.

Meanwhile, four Alcorn citizens are running for state office. National-ists Manny Glover and Julian Knight are running for attorney general and lieutenant governor, respectively. Both are campaigning for lower taxes, bipar-tisanship and increased cell phone use, especially while in the city. Cody Campbell, a Federalist, is running for secretary of state. Campbell notes his organization efficiency and his experi-ence in four separate Boys State posi-tions as important skills he can bring to state office.

Also running for state office is Fed-eralist Joshua “Mitch” Davis, who is running for governor. He is a director of a statewide political organization and says he uses his experience gained there when campaigning. He is against high taxes, wants more recognition for veterans, and supports a two-session lunch period. If elected, he would sup-port small business and attempt to cut the income tax by 12 percent. Anyone interested in hearing more on his opin-ions can talk to him in Room 327 in Alcorn.

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By Michale gaRcia iiiThe ballots are in and Blair’s congress-men have been chosen. Senators chosen were Federalists Camden Bettey, Aaron Lewis, and Nationalist Marvin Meeks. However, there is an even split in the House of Representatives. Nationalists Darrin Bubson, Robert Sladek III, Ste-phen Wisch, and Federalists Michael Garcia III, Jarrod Huskey, and Johathon Hyde-Burton.

One individual within the walls of Blair has been chosen as a supreme court justice. Darrin Babson was cho-sen Tuesday after the court appeal for murder held at Hendricks Hall. “I feel it is my obligation to uphold the Missouri Boys State Constitution. It is a great honor,” Babson said.

For the second day in a row, the city has received a three for room inspec-tions, conducted by Governor Mike Jones. They improved on their initial score (one) from Monday, but have yet to earn a shoutout from the governor.

Boone

By JoSePh PattenThe mayor of Boone is Clayton Buback. The Nationalist from Ward I of the city told citizens of his plans to contract the building of a road through the city, passing anti-littering ordinances, and, to the joy of the citizens, his push for unlimited cell phone use within city limits. The city of Boone has dropped the labels of “Federalist” and “National-ist” to unite behind the best candidates to lead Boone to a Model City win. “I just want what’s best for the city. If that means Clayton is the mayor, so be it. I’m still going to support him to the best of my ability,” Federalist mayoral candidate Zach Abernathy said.

caRnahan

By henRy SMithBradley County elections were recently held. Elected Carnahan citizens include Anthony Johnson, John Weaver and Grant Monnig. Federalist Andrew Zeiler is currently holding nine jobs.

“I’m staying busy in Carnahan,” Zeiler said.

The local ironing business is up and running with hopes of soon add-ing a delivery service. Also, a scandal in Carnahan, involving Mike Jones and “Nutz,” a Carnahan citizen, has surpris-ingly become popular around Missouri Boys State.

“Mike Jones is a wonderful man who

is really fun to mess with; even though he has recently turned into a sourpuss,” “Nutz” said.

Lottery Commissioner David Car-ley, may soon find himself in court for doing his job. Shane Sell is suing Carley for selling tickets at a price lower than that at which Sell bought his.

“I did my job as lottery commission-er, and I was just trying to benefit my beloved government. It was my job to sell those tickets,” Carley said.

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By JoRdan vaughanThe competition for Model City depends on cleanliness, behavior, sports, and the overall contribution to the state as a whole, and as the week goes on, certain cities have started to create a gap in the race for Model City. Carver has been among that group since day one. With their two straight scores of “three” in the cleanliness awards, and their domination in sports, such as track, basketball, and Frisbee golf, Carver is beginning to show their desire for the title of Model City. Mayor Rodney Chowning spoke about this citywide desire at Monday night’s city meeting.

“There is nothing else, guys. We need Model City,” he said.

There is also another reason for the citizens of Carver to celebrate; a citizen of Carver, Evan Kleekamp, went through a series of interviews for a spot on the Supreme Court, and was chosen for that position Tuesday.

claRk

By caleB SMotheRSClark grabbed Tuesday by the horns and opened it right up with the elec-tion of the county positions along with brother town, Lewis, who together make up Barton county. The town then followed the county election with its town election, deciding on senators and representatives that will attend the state senate and House of Representa-tives and represent their hometown of Clark.

New businesses within Clark are going steady. The barbershop is in full swing and A&W attorneys at law opened their doors to all those seek-ing legal and strong representation in court. And not wasting any time, began talking about a possible upcoming case of a resident suing the state lottery commission for allegations of fraudu-lent pricing.

cRowdeR

By thoMaS haineSAfter a series of heated discussion, Crowder City council lowered their fifty percent business income tax to forty percent. Discussion about the Crowder City has began. Many city ordinances have been made. Such ordi-nances consist of being fined if: they are caught with their cell phones, their bed is not made, their room lights are not off when needed, and their community room is not clean.

doniPhan

By evan townSendDoniphan City commerce is on the rise already after the start of several busi-nesses. A few citizens received business licenses Monday night and began oper-ating the following day.

Many businessmen of Doniphan felt they are at a disadvantage because of their location at the top floor of East Ellis, but they remain dedicated and hopeful in their endeavors. people are going to need Doniphan’s businesses, so they are going to come no matter where they are located.

The government strongly supports these entrepreneurs with their city plat-forms. The city council is urging tax breaks and other business laws to pro-mote the flow of revenue on their floor. “I feel that the city of Doniphan should support all small business and provide tax breaks to developing enterprises,” explained councilman Mike Layton. Most businesses keep their hopes high and keep their faith in their businesses skills and their government.

duggan

By JaSon wahidi The city of Duggan has experienced much interest, influence, and success in the areas of political office as well

as athletics. Recently, many citizens of Duggan have begun to start their own businesses in hopes to earn money and to support the government. These busi-nesses range from the High Roller’s Casino to the tattoo parlor Inc’d Up. One Duggan citizen, Mitchell Jones, has started “Soda Pop Production Spe-cialists” and uses recycled cans to man-ufacture them into retail. Jones is cur-rently making crowns but added that there are plans of billed and unbilled hats. Another rising Duggan City busi-ness is the D:J Barbershop run by Del Jones and Jordan Stewart. They mentioned that buzz cuts, Mohawks, fohawks, as well as hair inscribing are available. Jacob Skowronski, founder of JJ’s Discount Tape and More, started his business because he believes that the prices for campaign materials are going up and that he was willing to rent out scissors and sell pieces of tape for dis-counted prices.

Another popular addition to Duggan City has been the High Roller’s Casino, run by J.C. Cervantes. The games avail-able include Blackjack, Texas Hold’em, War, Shootin’ Dice, Speed, and Can Knock Down. Duggan City offers and wide variety of activities and products and encourages anyone interested to visit.

gaMBRel

By Steffan tRiPlettThe race towards success is continuing throughout the halls of Gambrel. Nine new businesses were officially started on Tuesday morning. The businesses created include a casino, an insurance firm, and many other services. “My business is called ‘Sign It Away’,” says Robert Bradley, “and its main purpose is to make and design signs for anyone.” These businesses are expected to posi-tively affect life in Gambrel. “I think with this many businesses around, we’re probably going to have one of the best economies of all the cities,” stated a Gambrel citizen. Gambrel citizens are looking forward to the new possibilities that their businesses will bring.

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By liaM MaheRIngle business is booming! Several

citizens have opened up various shops and services for the benefit of all Mis-souri Boys State citizens. Caleb Willey has established Willey’s Enterprises, a general store which offers small trin-kets and other services to benefit all MBS citizens. “I am just looking to help all cities and citizens,” said Willey, “come to me for any help you need”.

Another Ingle place of business, Joe’s Juice Bar, is up and running. The friendly atmosphere and extensive soda selection is a huge draw for citi-zens. “It’s just a great way to meet peo-ple,” said owner Joe Thurmann. Among the products at Joe’s Juice Bar, citizens can expect Thurmann’s friendly smile and speedy service. Ingle resident Phil Davis stresses the importance of his cit-ies’ entrepreneurs. “It is more effective to buy local,” he said, “Everyone should support the city economy”.

lewiS

By adaM thieRetMore elections were held in Lewis City for state positions. Lewis City’s sena-tors are as follows: Sam Grambling, Shouyi Huo Huo Liu “Wawa”, and Michael Cory- Yares. The city expects great things from these three citizens. Lewis City also elected state represen-tatives: Martin Estrada, Timothy Har-ris, Terrill Wood, Eli Jackson, Alex Fink, and Burke Barnett. Many lower posi-tions were once vacant due to citizens running and achieving higher posi-tions, although, the positions have been replaced. It was announced that Lewis City’s own was selected as part of the Supreme Court. Daniel Phillips was sworn in yesterday to become a judge on the elite Supreme Court.

Lewis City also has many busi-nesses that have received their busi-ness license. The businesses, which are located on the second floor of East Ellis, bear great and creative ideas. Some businesses include a tattoo par-lor, a martial arts school, a barber shop, a fitness business - created by the city’s athletic director - and a loan business. Many believe Lewis City is becoming a reality. Improvements have become greater and the citizens of Lewis City are on their way to bigger success and Model City.

PeRShing

By RichaRd StewaRtDuring the athletic period on Monday, June 15, 2009, Samuel Thomas McE-wen of Pershing City had to remove his name badge to perform in the swim-ming competition. After leaving the Multi-purpose building and making it to N. Ellis, Samuel (Sam) realized he had forgotten his name badge. By this time it was too late to return to the Multi-purpose building because of dinner and the lineup of events after-wards.

After the city political rally, Sam received a summons from city police officer, Matthew Zlockovich, for not wearing his name badge. However, if Matthew would have known the whole story, he would have most likely real-ized that there was no way to avoid Sam not being able to wear his name badge.

RichaRdSon

By daniel RothweileRRichardson City is dealing with the same issues that the other cities have been as far as elections and city ordi-nances are concerned. However, some issues are far more catastrophic than what they may seem. Richardson City mayor, Christian Carron, has been doing an excellent job and deserves a lot of credit.

It is a large group of the city’s citi-zens though that really needs to buckle down. And soon. Turmoil in city meet-ings and lack of focus and respect for city leaders is not allowing them to make much, to any progress at all. City ordinances still have to be passed, taxes

listed to citizens and businesses, and select citizens are showing no interest in helping their city reach top spot any time soon. I trust that the city leaders have the brawn and ability to succeed and help their city succeed, but it will take help from everyone.

Once businesses get up and running things may turn around in an instant, but for now Richardson needs to look forward to a middle of the road spot and play not to lose, rather than jump up to that top spot.

Cinderella comebacks have been greater but by greater “teams”. Richard-son needs to get their act together and focus on a more united front to achieve this model city status. To the city lead-ers, keep up the good work.

And to the remaining citizens not even attempting to contribute, pick it up or stop causing problems. This needs to be a team effort to succeed and I know Richardson has the capability to do so. Good luck for the remainder of the opposing cities and to Richardson alike.

weyeR

By JacoB nicholSonThe votes have been cast and counted, and the results have been announced. The citizens of Weyer have elected their county officials (with help from the citizens of Gambrel), their senators, and their representatives.

For Bacon County the results are as follows: Presiding Commissioner: Mike Phelan, City Commissioner: David Nettles, Circuit Judge: Cole Crawford, Associate Circuit Judge: Eric Touchet, Clerk of the Circuit Court: Sam Muel-ler, County Clerk: Steven Tidwell, County Treasurer: Frank Marshall, Prosecuting Attorney: Jordan Crowley, and Sheriff: Levi Runyon. Weyer’s sena-tors and representatives are as follows: Senators: Donny West, Stewart Lamke, and Ben Salmon, and Representatives: Hunter Hays, Cadence Kirchner, Ben-jamin Jones, Nathan Wikowsky, Alex Miller, and Keifer Winn.

Weyer also has many dynamic businesses opening up. These include the Punk ‘em Out Law Firm, Weyer’s Human Holding, and The Two Mus-keteers Law Firm, among others. All of these ventures are sure to bring Weyer not only revenue, but pride. Weyer’s citizens are still working hard to keep their city neat, their tables clean, and their wallets heavy in their quest for model city.

whitfield

By RoSS wolfeThere are three different businesses in the city of Whitfield. The first business started was Willards Loans and Bails. This business was started by Gordon Bolton and it will be used to help out businesses in financial trouble.

Also, we have Sean’s Tattoos in the city of Whitfield. This was started by Luke Abouhalkah. He wants to give everybody a great tattoo for a reason-able price. The price is based on the size of the tattoo.

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By gaRy WyattClark

The question that many citi-zens are asking in the halls of Missouri Boys State is whether or not the athletic program is a success. Does it benefit our MBS in a positive or negative way? I believe each citizen should ask themselves, what am I learning from doing sports?

The skills learned from sports are mostly well under-stood: that sports build lead-ership, sportsmanship, and most of all, friends.

In each activity you have to organize a team, put forward

your best players, and play as a team. Y

ou must learn and become friends with your teammates, which allow you to build bet-ter relations in your city and also in MBS.

Many people ask what hap-pens to the team that losses? The team that does not win learns to try again. There are many losses each year and many people take it as a nega-tive.

The MBS athletic program has not had one person quit on their team and this shows leadership. So I will ask you this question, does the athletic program build leaders?

MBS athletics a success?

By evan toWnsendDoniphan

Chanting began as a primi-tive way to claim territory and challenge opponents. Here at Boys State it serves a similar purpose, only the beating of the chest has been replaced by bizarre hand symbols. Boys State troopers handed out one of the first tickets of the week Monday to citizens of Alcorn City for disturbing the peace.

The Missouri Boys State manual mandates in statute 204.45 that “no citizen shall be offensively boisterous or rowdy in personal conduct.” Highway Patrolman, Jus-tin Yarnell, was the trooper who issued the ticket after he observed the city of Alcorn displaying what he felt was inappropriate behavior. Yar-nell declined comment.

Several people through-out the dining hall tend to agree with this policy. Michael Swanson, a resident of Boone City, admits that the chants keep him awake at mealtime, but it presents several draw-backs for him as well.

“In the lunch room it’s annoying sometimes because it’s in an enclosed space and it’s already noisy.” Benjamin Gomez, a counselor of Blair, also sees the benefit of the statute. “Typically, with leni-ency, students just take it and run with it. Instead of having to deal with future problems, we’ve just eliminated it.”

Just as much support seems

to be garnered in opposition to this law, though. Varun Pratap Mehrotra, a governor hope-ful, cried at the Nationalist state party rally, “you should be able to cheer and chant for your city as much as you want. You should be proud of your city!” to much applause. Citizens from Alcorn seem to be the most adamant in their resistance of the law.

“We don’t understand how we get in trouble for it and the next second another city gets away with it,” said Alcorn citi-zen Grafton Solomon. Gar-rett Hunkins, another Alcorn citizen, admits that the ticket hasn’t even prevented them from continuing to yell in the cafeteria.

Authorities hope that the message will get across, and will continue writing up citi-zens until it does.

“It’s going to stop them because it’s a ticket and they have to go to court. That’s time out of their day that they could be campaigning or working on a business,” explained State Trooper Mitchel Hazelwood.

Several congressmen have also expressed a desire to amend this statute.

As the week continues city support may tend to grow, but most officials feel it should be done in a reasonable manner.

Unless this law can be changed, the uproars will be punished.

It still has the chance to be done, though. After all, “It’s your Boys State.”

City chants draw mixed reviews

By adam thieRetlewis

As I looked around at the latest special assembly, I saw leaning heads and doz-ing eyes. A few minutes later, I look at the exact same people getting awakened by a city counselor.

Martin Estrada, a citizen of Lewis, fell asleep during the court trial and announcement and swearing in of the newly elected supreme court judges.

When asked if he gets enough sleep at night, he says, “I try to fall asleep at night, but it is hard to do with my room-mate, Bo, snoring loudly like a bear.”

The days here at Missouri Boys State are long and tiring, and made for the citizens to get a limited amount of sleep, so I advise citizens of MBS not to waste time after their last city meeting of the day.

Business should be solved quickly and promptly to allow all citizens of the city

to receive enough sleep.Falling asleep during a speech or

assembly is very rude and embarrassing and may cause a deduction of points for model city, but can be solved by getting an adequate amount of sleep each night here at MBS.

After all, people, especially teenag-ers, need six to eight hour of sleep each night. To make the most out of your time here at MBS, go to sleep when it is time to do so.

Citizens should get plenty of sleep to make most of MBS

RECORDMISSOURI BOYS STATE

WWW.moBoysstate.oRg • volume 70, numBeR 4

nick thomPson, WeyeReDitor in Chief

steffan tRiPlett, gamBRelManaging eDitor

liam maheR, ingleCity eDitor

Ryan Bond, claRkBusiness Manager

staff

Chris aiken | richardson williaM allison | Blair Daniel BauMan | ingle

JaCoB Billingsley | Doniphan ZaCh Dent | Boone Daniel enns | Carver

ZaC fling | Clark MiChael garCia | Blair trent gaskill | Carnahan

ian gehris | Carver thoMas haines | Clark tiM harris | lewis

Dustin huBler | Clark thoMas kirChhoff | ingle JaCoB lowe | Carver

Matt MCCreary | Doniphan aBDiMalik MohaMuD | pershing JaCoB niCholson | weyer

Christopher noall | richardson Joseph patten | Boone stephen rehagen | alcorn

Daniel rothweiler | richardson Matthew sChaefer | lewis Jesse skaar | Clark

henry sMith | Carnahan CaleB sMothers | Clark Charles steiner | Doniphan

riCharD stewart | pershing gregory suhrheinriCh | alcorn aDaM thieret | lewis

evan townsenD | Doniphan JorDan vaughan | Carver Derek volkMann | Crowder

Jason wahiDi | Duggan nathan wikowsky | weyer anDrew winDers | richardson

ross wolfe | whitfield gary wyatt | Clark

By matt mccReaRyDoniphan

The Nationalist Party has left itself wide open, using a gen-eral mold which allows our government to run on ideas popularized by the people rather than on ideas chosen by a select few. It stands on five basic principles. These prin-ciples, say some Nationalists, are the most important in cre-ating a successful – and more importantly – enjoyable boys state.

Perhaps the most impor-tant ruling is about taxes. The Nationalist Party, realizing that there are few real demands that people need from the gov-ernment, wants to lower taxes so that they are easily payable. The Nationalist Party also wants to stay out of the way of businesses as much as possible. As a result, the party will seek to make tax cuts and endorse small businesses. The party wishes to interfere in only one business – the business of toll charges. This they say is a discriminatory business that can be used against those who live on upper levels. Lastly, the party seeks bi-partisanship. “I don’t see red or blue or pink or

yellow,” said one candidate at the Nationalist Caucus today.

The Nationalists stress equality and fairness and bi-partisanship. The Nationalists are looking at two demograph-ics for tomorrow’s election: small business owners and nervous Federalists. “We are looking to become simply an alternative to wary Federalists, not a last resort.” Due to the promised substantial tax cuts, Nationalists are also looking to carry a majority of small business owners.

There are also two demo-graphics which make the Nationalists nervous. The Nationalists are unsure of how many people wanted to work on a toll business, but the prospect is frightening if they are too many. Also, the Nationalist Party platform has been left for state officials to really finish and polish. There is no official cell phone plan or lunch plan or tax rate. Many people will be frightened by the prospect of voting for the unknown. Tomorrow looks like it will be a battle between small businessmen and toll chargers, between nervous Federalists and frightened Nationalists.

By Zach dentBoone

Boys State has been pretty busy with our concerns about our cities and the state pro-vides under it. We have been pushing the bar with our taxes, city businesses, and other city importance.

Our rolls in each of the cit-ies have been pretty important as well. With our arrangement of policemen, highway patrol, firemen, city councils, etc. we’ve not found time to have a reality check on what we find in our beliefs. Being so, do we know how to put God first before we actually do our jobs in Missouri Boys State?

For this concern, it would be wise to look up Proverbs 16:3. This verse states: “Com-mit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.” This verse rep-resents what a Boys State citi-zen should work on. It helps you buckle down and actually think what we are doing in life itself.

Personally, this verse means “Put God First.” As much as we work, we barely ever think to put God first. I admire the governor candidate Logan Landolt for his speech today in the Federalist state meet-

ing. He put God first by say-ing he considers himself to be Pro-Life. He comments his choice by stating, “Birth

is one of G o d ’ s b e a u t i -ful gifts.” I t r u l y respect his beliefs and s u p p o r t his run for

governor.It does not do any good

to put Christ out of your life. God has done so much for us; we should do his work for him.

After all, He did send his only begotten Son to die on the cross for our sins. Since he is so much for us, we should also commit our lives to God and show him that we are doing our jobs for him.

Like Mr. Landolt, put God first through all of your city works and motives. This state needs strong Christians who can actually show that God is who we work for.

Nevertheless, do not for-get that we’ve got a lot a head of us during this week so please keep God first no matter what you are doing. Keep the Faith!

Nationalists consider risky strategies

Advice: Put God first

Zach Dent

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Ready to cross Party lines to work for Bipartisan Cooperation.

Zach Musselman for Governor “Better than Apple Sauce.”

Josh Kim for Lt. Governor

“The future of MBS looks dim if you don’t vote for Josh Kim.”

Andrew Baer for Attorney General“If you care, vote Andrew Baer.”

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Federalist Party

We WILL represent everyone, equally, as a whole.

stephen ong for treasurer

“With Ong you can never go wrong.”

Jesse skaar for state Auditor “Score with success. Score with excellence.

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