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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 em- ployees 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