Immediately following the recent 39th annual Parke County Youth In Government Day luncheon at the Rockville First United Methodist Church fellowship hall with the Rockville Rotary Club and government office holders, the 20 high school seniors participated in a discussion with a panel of government leaders. They included, from left, seated, John Pratt, county council president; Jim Meece, county commissioner president; Alan Morrison, state representative; Bonnie Hobbs, Rotary president who presided at the noon luncheon; Darrek Davis, president of the Southwest Parke school board and Steve Cvengros, county prosecutor. Standing in the back row are participating students from Riverton Parke and Parke Heritage high schools Brenna Henning, Macy Kent, Sydney Bigger, Madison York, Emily Hartzler, Adrian Stutler, Megan Query, Abigail Hoggatt, Addeline Moeller, Robin Mathas, Kara Hayes, Macy Millspaugh, Jaycee McClain and Christie Jacob, county Purdue Extension director. In back, from left, are Mark Spelbring, Rotarian and panel discussion facilitator along with students Josh Thurman, Dawson Seward, Kyle Myers, Chance Mullinix, Mallory Oxford, B.J. Hopton and Mason Harney. Youth in Government day is sponsored by the Rockville Rotary and the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service of Parke County.
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