RECORDMISSOURI BOYS STATE

VOLUME 74, NUMBER 6 • Friday, June 21, 2013 • MISSOURI BOYS STATE’S FINEST NEWS SOURCE

Serving Missouri’s finest young men since 1938.

By nicolas russellPershing

Today’s final speaker will be a former Missouri Boys State citizen, foreign exchange stu-dent to China, boxer, Duke graduate, humanitarian (work-ing in Bosnia, Bolivia, Rwanda, and more), Rhodes Scholar, Oxford graduate, and United States Navy SEAL. He is an officer who has been deployed to Afghanistan, to Southeast

Asia, and a variety of places in between. Tonight, MBS citizens will have the opportu-nity to listen to Eric Greitens, a man with an unquestionable leadership ability and integrity.

Greitens’ resume i s l e n g t hy a n d impressive. He has already established his impor-tance in this modern era. Gre-

itens demonstrates the ideals of MBS and is one of the program’s stron-gest advocates. Now Greitens has become one of the Most Influential People of the World in 2013, as named by Time mag-azine.

His speech will surely include the

sharing of knowledge through his many past experiences.

While many citizens may not have heard of Greitens prior to this week, they will surely remember him after they leave. Greitens may not have over-turned a presidential adminis-tration as Bob Woodward did, but no one person can count the lives Greitens has saved or improved. Whenever citi-zens hear the name Greitens, the only thing they say is,” You

wisDOm wins!By evan MoakWeyer

Wisdom Nwike, a citizen of Blair and a member

of the Federalist Party, won the position of Missouri Boys State governor in the statewide election yesterday. Nwike will return during next year’s session of MBS to represent the people as their governor.

A lot of people do not know that Nwike was actu-ally born and raised in the country of Nigeria. Nwike came from a very different culture where there are over 400 different languages spo-ken. Nwike stated that dur-ing the past 50 years, there have been 10 military coups and a civil war. Nwike is glad to have moved to America.

Nwike lives in the Kansas City area and attends Park Hill High School. Nwike is involved in speech and debate, track, scholar bowl, choir and is his class’ student body president. Nwike did come into MBS with a lot of previous experience that may have helped push him to the top but he forgets all of that and focuses on what the people have done just here at MBS.

“It’s not about what we’ve done before, but what we are doing now.”

Nwike, like his opposing candidate Daichi Todokoro, views MBS as a musical performance. Each indi-vidual person is like a singer or a musical instrument that makes a unique sound that cannot be reproduced. Nwike feels that cities and small businesses are like the bass section of a choir that provides a firm foundation. The government would be the role of the conductor that makes sure all of the sections work together in harmony to produce a masterpiece.

“There are a thousand different people from a thousand different places, that join together to make a beautiful sound,” Nwike said.

Next year, Nwike plans to eliminate the current state debt and work with the leg-islature to allow cell phone usage during meals and passing periods. Nwike stat-ed that he would do things differently than the current governor. He emphasized getting involved with the people to make them feel welcome, walking around, shaking hands and learning what the people want to be done in the government.

“I really enjoy the diver-sity, like I said, we are 1,000 people. I mean look at this,” Nwike exclaimed while looking out upon the lunch room.

Federalist Party candidate Wisdom Nwike of Blair was announced as the next governor of Missouri Boys State yesterday afternoon during the statewide election results assembly at the Multipurpose Building.

By nicholas GeedinG and nicolas russellPershing

The citizens of Missouri Boys State sat in the bleachers, wait-ing for the announcement of their elected officials. As each member of statewide office was announced, the room would roar with applause.

Then as the name of the gov-ernor for the 74th annual MBS was about to be announced, silence filled the gym. Federal-ist candidate Wisdom Nwike’s name was called and the room

was once again filled with the thunderous sound of applause.

“Be wise and vote for Wis-dom” is what Wisdom Nwike said during his campaign, and now that Nwike has been elect-ed as governor it seems that everyone is a little wiser.

“I feel fantastic, relieved, and very grateful that the citizens of Boys State trust me to be their governor.” Nwike said.

Nwike’s motto is, “To plan for tomorrow, you must start today.” Nwike says that he will make sure that the citizens of the 75th Boys State will start the week

out with a balanced budget. Though Nwike claimed he was nervous during the gubernato-rial debate on Wednesday, he showed great confidence.

Nwike made sure he touched on the fact that under him everyone will be accountable for their actions, especially the governor. He once again point-ed out the he believes that his experience in the legislature and ability to compromise is what sets him apart from his oppo-nent.

As the Federalist gubernato-rial candidate Nwike present-

ed a strong introduction, and kept it coming throughout the debate on Wednesday. Nwike pointed out how much MBS cit-izens had accomplished in these past few days and that they have learned many things from each other and still have many things to learn.

He conducted himself very professionally, standing on a platform of low tax for the people and for small businesses. Nwike came to this debate full of confidence with his experi-ence in the legislature.

“I was beyond exhilarated,

but also very humbled,” Nwike said.

Nationalist Daichi Kodetoro was Nwike’s opponent in the race for the governor’s office. While Kodetoro’s speech during the debate may have been dif-ficult to comprehend due to his accent, his heartfelt message was understandable nonetheless.

Kodetoro campaigned on restoring integrity and stimulat-ing the economy to help his fel-low MBS citizens. At the debate Kodetoro compared his dedica-tion to that of a runner during a race. Kodetoro made the anal-

ogy that, like a runner, he would never quit until the job was fin-ished.

“Each Missouri Boys State is already a unique program and so is this session,” Kodetoro said.

While both candidates had the same general platform ide-als the only factor that diverged significantly was the delivery of their ideas. While Nwike went for a forceful energizing approach, Kodetoro decided to go with a speech that was much more lighthearted and which would relate more with his audience.

nwike seeks accountability, balanced mBs budget

Greitens slated as session’s final speaker

Greitens

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By dylan kennedyAlcorn

Missouri Boys State citizens gathered at Hendricks Hall on Thursday night to hear a few words of wisdom from the Mis-souri State Auditor Tom Sch-weich. After graduating from Yale and the Harvard School of Law, Schweich began to prac-tice law in the Bryan Cave LLP law firm. In 2007, former Presi-dent George W. Bush appointed

Schweich as the U.S. Ambassa-dor in Afghanistan. Schweich has been working for nearly 21 months as Missouri’s state asu-ditor and yesterday, he visited the 74th Session of Missouri Boys State for the first time.

When speaking to the citi-zens of MBS, Schweich made sure to note that when trying to become successful one must have integrity and spiritual-

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Schweich inspires citizens

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RECORDMISSOURI BOYS STATE

www.moboysstate.oRg • Volume 74, NumbeR 6

Editor-in-Chief tyler wornell, whitfieldManaging Editor Nicolas russell, PershingBusiness Manager Conor tenbus, BooneCity News Editor Peter west, gambrel

Features Editor Sio “Sam” iat Chi, alcorn

The MBS Record is a work of fiction, written by high school students. No name, place, incident, assertion, quote or any other piece of information should be treated as fact.

by tyleR woRNellWhitfield

To the citizens of Mis-souri Boys State: It has been a tremendous

week at Boys State, and I am very grateful I had the opportu-nity to help run the newspaper smoothly, as well as expand my knowledge and understanding of a democracy. One important aspect of a democracy is the way that media affects it.

The role of media in a democracy is simply to keep cit-izens informed and involved in their government by means of praising those who help shape the government in a positive manner, yet also holding indi-viduals accountable for their actions.

Democracies are able to function efficiently and effec-tively only when those who have the responsibility of informing the public do their job properly

and fairly. The media are a vital tool in ensuring that the pub-lic is not sitting blindly in their homes as the government makes decisions at their expense.

As the landscape of media is changing every day, it is essen-tial that journalists maintain integrity and subjectivity, as well as hold themselves to higher set of standards than others. With the capability to deliver news within minutes of it happening, journalists are highly prone to

mistakes and attention to detail plays a key factor in determin-ing whether or not a journalist can perform his job at the high-est quality.

Throughout the week, the staff of the MBS Record has worked diligently to showcase the achievements of citizens, as well as expose scandals and controversies that all cities have dealt with. In a week packed full of events, this staff has found the time to discover facts, con-

duct interviews, and write sto-ries in a very short amount of time each day.

The MBS Record demon-strates how powerful media can be in democracy, not only answering questions about citi-zens’ concerns, but also provid-ing a platform for those who were brave enough to run for office. Without the media, a democratic government would lose one of its essential tools in conveying messages to public,

and vice versa. It has been a pleasure to

serve the people of Boys State, providing them with impor-tant information to help move through the week. As you pack your bags tomorrow, load the cars and busses and arrive back at your real cities, always remember your experience at Boys State, as it truly was a week to shape a lifetime.

Letter from the editor

Media remain vital in MBS democracy

The Citizens of Ingle would like to say

THANK YOUto Mayor Heath Snider

and every elected official of Ingle for theirLeadership, Friendship and Service

the MBS record would like to thank Java Junction, the JCKL, Skype, Fathers’ day cookies, clean belly buttons, Matt’s lectures, indoor water-falls, Blair Believers, CMSU, Emily, walgreens, the Fayette advertiser, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UK basketball, the Sedalia democrat, the MBS it staff and the MBS record Seguin Bureau.

A special thanks...

by sio iat chiAlcorn

Three citizens interviewed thought that the Chinese delegates are smart and made a good impression on the other MBS citi-zens.

Jacob Cheney of Pershing told the MBS Record the image of the Chinese in his mind was intelligence.

“The stereotype, well, they are so smart. They are, really,” he said. “It seems that they are good and nice people.”

He stated that when he first met the Chinese delegates they an impression of kindness. Unluckily, Pershing does not have a Chinese delegate in their city.

Another citizen interviewed, Casey Buehleo of Whitfield, also had the same feeling as Cheney that the Chinese are clever and well-integrated.

“They are super smart. And it’s like

they’ve got a different point of view from us. I mean, the Chinese tend to see things from a different angle which is not com-mon in the US. But yes, they are smart,” he said.

When asked about the Chinese del-egate in his city, Buehleo told the MBS Record that though he was reserved, he was very nice.

“When I first met Rob (the Chinese delegate), he was so quiet which was somehow not expected at Missouri Boys State,” he said. “But, he was so nice and got excited with the guys in the city.”

According to Buehleo, Rob has changed a lot after several days at the Boys State.

“Now, he’s got the position of sheriff and he’s talking more. He now gets along with the other citizens well,” he said.

Since there are only two days left at Missouri Boys State, Buehleo said that he hoped Rob would love Missouri as well as the Missouri Boys State and would come

back here to visit them in the future.Another citizen, Dylan Pich of Alcorn,

expressed that he thought it was cool to have the Chinese delegates here.

“I want to ask them questions about the difference between China and Missouri, and also America, figuring out what we don’t have here,” he said.

Pich also stated that he witnessed the transformation of the Chinese delegates.

“Now, they’ve already changed that at the beginning they were so shy, but now, it looks like they are more comfortable stay-ing with the other citizens,” he said. “It’s like they’ve become part of the unit, part of the group.”

Pich claimed that the MBS was a good experience for both of the American stu-dents and Chinese delegates as it has con-nected different parts of the world and has provided a platform for them to exchange ideas.

Chinese delegates leave lasting impression

by aahRoN youNgGAmbrel

The citizens of MBS achieve more when they come together. Citizens have all come from dif-ferent places in Missouri to par-ticipate in Warrensburg.

This is a historic moment for MBS. This year we welcome the Chinese delegates. MBS also has Black and Latino citizens joining us as well.

“I feel Missouri Boys State is really fantastic,” Gao Tianrun of Gambrel said.

Gambrel’s mayor knows how it feels being a minority and being the leader of a city. “I’m

still the minority so it goes to prove minorities are as equal,” Gambrel Mayor Ulises Rojas said.

During the state general elections, the Federalists had Wisdom Nwike, an African American, as the representative for governor, while the Nation-alists had chosen Daichi Tado-koro to represent them for gov-ernor in the statewide election.

The inclusion of all these minorities in MBS has made this an historic moment in MBS. The students seem to be getting along well with each other, despite the recent flag stealing scandal.

Citizens achieve more together

by KamdeN eKeRNinGle

In our Ingle city meeting Tuesday night, city counselor John Blesz delivered words of wisdom that can relate to all citizens of Boys State. He began by reminding every-one that this week is the only time in our lives that everyone in our city will be together, and that we need to make the most of that time.

John described to us his observations of our progress from being nervous new-comers with no expectations, to becoming a tightly knit group of young men that was capable of successfully running a city. John encour-aged us to cherish everything we experienced here at Boys State, and to not leave behind the great friendships we made.

“Nothing has been more rewarding to me than being a city counselor,” John said, “but if I could do anything I would want to experience Boys State as a citizen again.”

John’s speech drove me to really consider how remarkable the Boys State experience is. We have been reminded numerous times throughout the week in can-didates’ speeches that all of us were selected to be here, and all of us are qualified to be here.

However, every time we have heard that it has been used to lead into a candi-date’s position of why they are qualified for a particular position.

It seems reasonable to state that back at home we were all the intelligent, ath-letic or talented people who stood out from the rest of our peers. Therefore it is truly amazing that we have the opportunity to interact with nearly 1,000 standout young men through basic conversation, debate and athletics.

As John told us, this is most likely a once in a life-time opportunity. I implore everyone to do everything you can to make Boys State

a memorable experience and to make newfound friend-ships last.

With the prominent growth of social media that we have seen in our lifetime, we are extremely lucky to possess connection resources such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Ingle citizen Eli Pratte told me that he thinks we should find a way to stay connected with our city, and

I think he is correct. The most effective way accom-plish this is for mayors to assign someone in their city to create either a Facebook group of Twitter account form their city to use. If Boys State really is going to be a “week to shape a lifetime,” I believe that the best way this can happen by staying con-nected with the people we shared the experience with.

Citizens must stay connected to MBS

by aR’ReoN watsoNclArk

Scared? If not, then I would be, because the Tiger party has not been defeated. Even though Sean Phillips, the creator of the third party, has lost the election for Governor, he and his team plan to reach out to the newly elected Gov. Nwike and tag along to fix the government.

Many people know him as the guy who came the first day with a tiger shirt on, but this isn’t why he named his party the Tiger party, but because of what tigers symbolized. Which was “the fierceness, the instinct, and the fact that they always attack”, and as a gover-nor he would have conveyed these attributes into his politi-cal agenda. And since the MBS Constitution is silent on cre-ating a third party, he felt as if “this state needs more than just Federalist and Nationalist, but more so a middle ground, the

Tiger party if you will”. While many of the citizens

admire his drive and willing-ness, many also wondered why he couldn’t just accept the fact that he lost the primary elec-tion. But the way Sean sees it is “to not ever give up” and his persistency, ambition, and “fierceness” didn’t allow him to. He describes the National-ist Party as “T-Rex”, having the brain the size of a walnut, some-times frightening but mainly on their way to distinction. Then describes the Federalist Party as “Grizzly Bears”, who at times are strong and intimidating but often “hibernate” just a tad too much.

Though Phillips hoped to make history by being selected as governor under his own political party at MBS, he in fact did make history. So there-fore, maybe future MBS ses-sions “should all bleed purple, because red and blue just aren’t handling it”.

Former third party candidate still hopes to fix government

John Blesz, city counselor of ingle, motivates his citizens.

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BY PeteR WestGambrel

Chants of 73-1 have been heard around the 74th session of Missouri

Boys State. The Governor’s Cup is the epitome of the ath-letic program. It is an event that matches up the counseling staff against the citizens, and in the past 73 sessions, the counsel-ing staff has been undefeated. The citizens of the 74th session think this year might be differ-ent, however.

Since day one of this Boys State, staff and instructors have commented on how energetic and driven the boys of this ses-sion are. The energy in Hen-dricks Hall shown by the citi-zens of this session has never been seen before. Some staff has even gone as far to call this group the most energetic group to ever come through a Mis-souri Boys State session. This energy has been paralleled in the athletic program all week long, and this enthusiasm can be directly translated into the

74th Governor’s Cup.With the amount of talent

that each and every boy holds here, the Governor’s Cup is very much within reach. The athletes of Missouri Boys State are some of the most talented in the state of Missouri, and they feel that they can surely beat the older, slower and much less coordinat-ed staff here. The added age and many years at Boys State add another variable into the mix, however. Experience in previ-ous Governor’s Cups gives the staff a slight edge going into the

glorious event.Although the staff is more

experienced, the young blood is thirsty for a victory and some redemption for the previous 73 losses. All the citizens of Boys State need to do in order to achieve victory is work together, play hard and never look back. The 74th session has already made big history for Missouri Boys State and the citizens intend to create some more before the week comes to an end.

BY Logan aRcanoGambrel

On Monday evening in Hendricks Hall , Brian McCoy of Lewis got his phone taken away by the highway patrol in between speakers. Although this has happened to multiple citi-zens, this particular occur-rence is interesting because McCoy is suing the patrol-man for damages.

As it was explained in the KMBS-TV broadcast on Wednesday evening, the highway patrol officers use a laser pointer to warn citizens that are using their phones. After this warning the patrolmen come into the crowd to take away the accused citizen’s phone and write him a ticket.

“I’m suing for dam-ages because the laser was [shined] in my left eye and I’ve been experiencing pain and discomfort ever since,” McCoy said. “The laser star-tled me, so I kind of jumped

a n d k i c k e d the seat in front of me, causing damages t o my left big toe.”

McCoy thinks he has a good chance at winning this case. “It was determined in the court of law that I was not using my phone, so the laser pointer was completely unnecessary,” he said.

The patrolman being sued by McCoy is Bran-don Reives. McCoy believes Reives showed careless regard for public safety, which he is supposed to pro-tect.

“I just feel that every-body, including law enforce-ment officers, should be held accountable for their actions,” McCoy said.

McCoy will be in contact with the new Attorney Gen-eral, Dominick Brogoto.

BY dYLan Pichalcorn

Benton County is proud to announce the opening of the State Fair today dur-ing Governmental Activities. The entire county has effectively united to prepare for this Missouri Boys State first. Both cities are working extremely hard to make the county look as good as pos-sible for the rest of MBS.

“Benton County is very excited to have the State Fair,” Alcorn Mayor Adam Burnam said. “It’s gonna be a blast, and don’t worry, we have room for ‘activities’.”

The Fair will be held on the third floor of Ellis in Benton County. The cost for a one-day ticket is $25 BSB.

There will be many exciting attrac-tions for all MBS citizens to participate in. Multiple casinos will be operating to test your luck. Talks of a campground have been circulating where visitors can stay and rest. Another possible attraction they’ve been working on is a haunted house. There will also be a

chance to flaunt your skill in the three competitions taking place. These com-petitions will be belching, doing push-ups and arm-wrestling. One attraction that is causing quite a commotion throughout the county is Brock rides.

Brock riding is similar to profes-sional bull riding, but instead of riding a wild bull, participants will be riding the untamable Brock Hunt of Alcorn. Brock is high-spirited and is known for his catchphrase: “Cardinal Nation!” Only the bravest of MBS citizens will come to meet this challenge.

Benton County will also be provid-ing several services for your conve-nience. Restrooms will be available as well as parking areas. An “ATM” will also be accessible to those short on money or who experience bouts of bad luck at the casinos. Additionally, the beverage commissioners of both Whit-field and Alcorn will have drinks for sale for all visitors.

Benton invites all citizens to come make history at the very first MBS State Fair.

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mean that Navy SEAL guy, right?” However, Greitens is a much more complex person. In his book “The Heart and The Fist” Greitens outlines how as a Navy SEAL fighting is neces-sary (the fist) but that it must be in balance with humanitar-ian services SEALs also pro-vide (he heart). Throughout the course of the book Greitens implies that SEALs do at least as much good by forging bonds of trust with Afghans and help-ing to improve their life rather that fighting.

It’s difficult to know, but MBS can rest assured that the final keynote speech by Gre-itens will undoubtedly be an evening to remember.

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Greitens served as Navy SEAL

ity. To Schweich, having integ-rity means that one must that always look for corrections within themselves and within the work that they are trying to achieve.

Spirituality was another important aspect that Swcheich touched on.

“Successful people do not live for right now, they realize that they have a special place and must wait to find that spe-cial place,” Schweich said. Sch-weich went on to point out that it is an honor that we have been put here by our God and that it is not an accident.

In addition to inspiring the MBS citizens, Schweich spoke about a few things that can lead anyone off the path of success if they are not careful. While working in high positions he has seen drugs, alcohol and ste-roids take away success from people that worked hard to earn it.

Before finishing his pre-sentation and swearing in the

new state officials, Schweich shared a few lessons that he has learned while working on his way to achieving all that he has achieved. One must be aware of the consequences that go along with every decision and weigh the pros and cons before mak-ing that decision. When striv-ing to be the very best, foolish mistakes now can mess up the future.

In Schweich’s final words

to the MBS citizens he stated that one must explore and find something that they are not only good at, but they also love doing it. There must be a com-bination of both aspects when becoming truly successful.

“Being the first one in to work and the last one out with a professional charisma and respect of others is where peo-ple will continue to promote you higher and higher,” he said.

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State officers sworn in

missouri state auditor tom schweich (left) tries on a missouri boys state t-shirt during last night’s assembly at Hendricks Hall.

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City NewsalcoRn

By dylan KennedyEach night when Missouri Boys State citizens are dismissed for the evening colors, Alcorn has been the last to leave the cafete-ria. A few times when “Alcorn” has been announced before other cities, Dean Dale Wright has teased them about leaving and continues to make them wait.

This has started the slogan of “you’ve been Alcorn’d.” On Wednesday night Clark was the first city to have been “Alcorn’d” when they thought that it was their turn and Dean Wright made sure that they sat back down at their table to wait and be dismissed a little later.

The citizens of Alcorn have caught on to Dean of Coun-selors Dale Wright’s sly antics. They gathered together and planned that when they hear their city being announced to leave, they would stay seated because they knew it would not actually be their turn.

That is exactly what they did on Wednesday night after supper. Wright was fortunate enough to sing and put on a little show until the citizens hur-ried off to the quad.

After lunch on Thursday Dean Wright was able to sing yet another song for Alcorn where he mentioned that they were “so pretty.” After Wright was fin-ished with his tune, Alcorn was dismissed third to last. It seems that Alcorn is moving up on Wright’s good list. For the rest of the week MBS citizens will see if Alcorn City continues to climb their way to the top or plummet back down to being dismissed last, again.

BooneBy aaRon MoRleySmall businesses, high speed chases and massive food sell-outs continued to be a theme throughout the day for Boone. City decoration also took off on the right foot, and streets, a park, and many other various decora-tions finally came together and gave the city its unique feel. In addition, county ordinances came into effect, prompting a fresh wave of taxation and an increase in strict road laws.

And once again, the courts were jam packed with cases. One in particular proved to be extremely interesting. The trial of The City of Boone v. Cris-ten Bublitz spanned two days over multiple court sessions, and included almost four pages of extensive notes taken by the circuit court clerk. Newly appointed city attorney Jon Salt-ers, assisted by Russell Clarke, was handling the prosecution. The defense was handled dually by Matthew Gutierrez of Boone and Grant Mitton of Lewis.

Bublitz was charged with running a stop sign, assaulting an officer, profane language, and resisting arrest. As the trial developed, multiple wit-nesses were called, including several police officers, another lawyer and even Mayor Chase Pitchford. However, the game changing witness turned out to be Amir Sakgkahaneh, who ascertained that the profanity was not in violation of the hand book, as it was mild and not around any members outside of Missouri Boys State. The jury eventually agreed with this line of thinking.

However, the trial itself had even larger implications than the eventual ruling. Self-pro-claimed Alcorn mob boss and former gubernatorial candidate Justin Humphrey interrupted the proceedings looking for Bublitz, who he claimed was the leader of the infamous “Boone Family” mafia. But before ten-sions could rise further, Munici-pal Judge Kyle Hix held Hum-phrey in contempt of court, and he was forcefully removed -- lit-erally carried -- by the bailiff. Further charges against Hum-phrey’s rowdy action may be pending.

The trial also brought into question the legality of many of the cities ordinances, due to the process in which they were created. However, Russell

Clarke argued that although the creation of ordinances did not follow the MBS model, the handbook only offered the model as a recommendation. The jury sided with this conclu-sion, and ruled that Bublitz was guilty of the traffic violation. In the end, the two day trial came to a conclusion with Bublitz found guilty of resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, running a stop sign, and innocent of his supposed profanity. It is yet to be seen if this trial will create a precedent for others coming after it with similar charges.

The fines on Bublitz exceed-ed $200 BSB, but his successful business allowed him to pay the fines rather easily. His legal team, however, was not satisfied, and stated that they planned to appeal the decision to the appel-late courts.

Boone continues to push through the last few days, work-ing hard on further city devel-opment and the thriving young economy. Meanwhile, the city council hopes to maintain a consistent quorum to pass a few final ordinances to support Boone’s quest for success.

cRowdeRBy noah andRews ‘Gun’ fights broke out today among many citizens through-out the usually peaceful town of Crowder. These gunslingers used apps on their smartphones to shoot at anything that got in their way, leaving an estimat-ed 14 people ‘dead’ and three ‘wounded’.

All sorts of commando style moves were showcased in these battles, including dives and rolls from a few enthusiastic guys willing to risk everything to bring down their foes. Many of the battles participants included city council members and our resident Chinese friend, all of whom were ‘killed’ multiple times. Amidst the gory warfare that is smartphone gun fight-ing, many changes in the overall landscape of the city have taken place since yesterday.

The Beautification process is well underway, and although not perfect, it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the bare white walls we found on Saturday. A new city pool is being built and many signs have been put up already warning of sharks. These sharks are claimed to keep the pool clean, and attack at the scent of specific contaminants. Unfortu-nately, there is no actual water but instead, a slew of blue blan-kets and those rock hard slabs we call mattresses.

Toilet paper streamers have been hung from the ceiling all the way down the hallway and helps, “convey the party-ing mood,” says one citizen. To match the streamers many businesses have elected to build awnings hoping to capture the attention and business of any passer-by.

doniPhanBy Tashan ReedOn Wednesday night, after the joint party rally, citizens of Bradley County came back to find that their halls and city meeting areas had been trashed while they were gone. Couch-es had been flipped over and thrown around on the floor, hallways were messed up and trash cans were dumped and stacked in a pile. Who commit-ted these cowardly and childish acts is unknown at the moment, but hopefully an investigation will be done to find out who it was so that they can be brought to justice. Even if this does not happen, those who did this should know that their actions were a complete waste of effort and time. Doniphan and Carna-han came together and in only a few minutes managed to clean up all of the damage by work-ing together to get the job done. This incident did not affect the mentality of any of the citizens of Doniphan and this will only fuel the city to work even harder towards its goal of becoming Model City at Missouri Boys State. The fact that no retali-ation was made displayed the maturity and integrity of each

citizen of the great cities of Doniphan and Carnahan. It was impressive to witness the two cities of Bradley County come together so quickly to help one another out and this will hope-fully help in the end of their goal of becoming Model Coun-ty as well.

A city meeting was held afterwards in which sportsman-ship in athletic programs, judg-ing of the city park, a bigger push for beautifications and the budget for the reward of being named capital city were dis-cussed. A reminder was issued to respect and be friendly dur-ing the athletic programs and that putting the losing team down or getting angry about officiating would not be toler-ated. An announcement was made that the city park would be judged on the upcoming Fri-day and a reminder was made to each citizen to help work on the improvement of the park, as well as beautification, when-ever they had free time to do so. The budget for the $20,000 BSB awarded to Doniphan for being named capital city was also announced to the city. Two thousand BSB will be used for governmental buildings, $600 BSB for tape, $1,000 BSB for the making of chair names, $1,000 BSB for poster boards, $400 BSB for tour guides, $2,000 BSB for hallway beautification and $1,000 BSB for markers and pens. Two thousand BSB will be saved for emergencies, $1,200 BSB for contractors, $800 BSB to the best business, $1,000 BSB for paper, and $2,000 BSB to its sister city of Carnahan. The budget was constructed by Rob-ert Mines in the essay he wrote for capital city and all of the citi-zens agreed that this was a good and fair way to use the reward money.

Yesterday, Doniphan held its statewide elections after being divided up into their separate city wards and discussed the several candidates amongst each other as they voted for who they felt would be best for each position. During the free time given by governmental activi-ties, the citizens who were free began to work hard on various tasks around the city. These tasks included hanging recycled cans from the ceiling, setting up everything inside of the city park, creating several signs, making street names for each door in the hall and giving tours out to peaceful visitors who came by to the city to check it out. Later on, Doniphan headed to the multipurpose building for pictures and every citizen suc-cessfully obtained and wore the required MBS t-shirt. Citizens are hard at work on even more things inside the city and every-thing will no doubt look amaz-ing at the end of the day. All of the hard work being done by all of the citizens is greatly appreci-ated it as it helps the city a lot towards becoming Model City.

dugganBy TRenTon goodsonThe inhabitants of Duggan spent the better part of Thurs-day morning in the beautifica-tion process of the city, trying to display what they could accom-plish if they combined their creative ideas. And with the combination of those minds, the Duggan City Air force was born, along with the creation of Dug-gan City Airlines.

A convoy of paper airplanes of various shapes and sizes suspended lazily from the ceil-ing amongst puffy white paper clouds. A grand statue in the shape of a giant letter D was constructed with the use of an assortment of soda cans, card-board, and quite a bit of tape. The makeshift statue was placed in the city meeting area so that every entity could gaze upon it. The Dugganites also began pre-paring and laying out the plans for the city park, which included the implementation of palm trees and a fountain.

The terrorist task force that invaded Duggan on Wednes-day returned, but this time with a declaration of peace. Things quickly took a turn for the

worse as one of these terrorists ran a stop sign and tried to resist a citizen’s arrest. He threatened to physically harm the citizen that attempted to apprehend him. The Newberry Deputy Sheriff witnessed the altercation and, with ticket in hand, exited the city and went to the aggres-sor’s room to make certain that justice would be served.

The denizens of Duggan City are all proud of what they have been able to accomplish in such a short time period and they very well should be, for all of them have worked tirelessly in order to make Duggan City the best city at Missouri Boys State. They have indeed accom-plished a lot, and not just politi-cally, but socially as well. They came to MBS have little to no clue of who their fellow citizens were, but in only one week, they have forged friendships with each other that will continue on long after the 74th session of Missouri Boy’s State has been closed.

gaMBRelBy logan aRcano and aahRon youngMost of the cities at Missouri Boys State overlook Gambrel as a serious competitor for Model City. However, all of Gambrel’s citizens have been working together to beautify their floor, decide on new ways to make the beds each morning and encour-age fellow Gambrelians to par-ticipate and do their best.

“If we want to win Model City, our floor needs to be beau-tiful!” said Anthony Carlyle Cunningham, head of Gam-brel’s beautification committee, in order to get people excited about getting involved with the city. Gambrel has made some real progress in the past couple days. The entire floor is now covered with posters repre-senting different aspects of the city and its citizens. The city of Gambrel truly is beautiful.

Gambrel Mayor Ulises Rojas has been leading city meet-ings very efficiently. Each eve-ning, new city ordinances are discussed, people who appear on TV, radio, or in the newspa-per are recognized and people with new ideas for bed arrange-ments speak up. A brotherhood is starting to form with all of Gambrel’s citizens.

Federalist Nate “The Great” Henry from Gambrel was elect-ed MBS state auditor. Gambrel

is definitely in the running for Model City.

Reports of an underwear ‘superhero’ have been heard all over Gambrel. Late Monday night a citizen wearing only a pair of underwear and a white sheet was seen moving down Gambrel Street. No one knows who this person is or what this underwear bandit is trying to prove, but all we know is he comes out in the middle of the night and terrorizes citizens of Gambrel.

“I saw his figure. We think it’s a citizen from a different city,” Hunter Laferbe of Gambrel said.

The counselors have been aware of this ‘vigilante’ in Gam-brel and want to take immediate action toward this underwear hero.

“I’ve have contacted the proper authorities, so that the lights out policies are enforced even more,” Gambrel City Counselor William Megal said.

Will the Gambrel night watcher be caught, or will he back again for the citizens of Gambrel? The only thing we do know is that he is somewhere in Bacon county. If spotted do not approach said individual as he could be dangerous.

ingleBy KaMden eKeRnIt is widely known that Ingle is filled with quality athletes. Rob-ert Jamison and Lucas Cham-bers took an opportunity to capitalize on their abilities dur-ing Wednesday’s athletic period when they played badminton against Brian Buckner and Nathan Graham of Lewis.

“We announced that we could beat anyone on the entire court, and Brian and Nathan were up to the challenge,” Jamison stated. “We set a wager of $200 BSB per team, and we won an intense battle by a score of nine to eleven.”

Robert was ecstatic to have won some money due to his numerous traffic tickets issued by several cities’ police officers.

Jacob Conway has returned to MBS after being sent to the hospital due to a crushing blow to his face from Matt Dillon’s swinging bat in a game of soft-ball. Although he is prohibited from physical activity and cer-tain food, Conway says he is feeling much better due to his prescribed pain medication.

PeRshingBy nicholas geedingPershing citizens returned home from the joint party rally to find that their beloved city had been ransacked. The Pershings were in total shock and unbelief that a group of people would stoop that low and go that far to hurt the pride of Pershing citizens.

“I believe that we are here at Boys State this week to expe-rience what real life can actu-ally be like,” a citizen said. “This night we’ve witnessed a trag-edy, or ‘natural disaster of sorts. We’ve witnessed the human beings capacity for hate and anger.”

During this time of mass chaos throughout the city Exec-utive Counselor Jerod Breit gave a statement. “It appears that Pershing city has experienced a tragedy.”

The culprits responsible for this cowardly act will be disap-pointed to know that they did not tear the citizens of Persh-ing apart or break them down, but rather built them up and brought them together.

Breit continued with his statement, “The citizens are busy rebuilding and coming together. Personally as I was touring the city, I was amazed by the county sheriff, walking down the hall asking his fellow citizens who needed help, instead of helping himself. It is so refreshing to see that even amidst the chaos in the city, everyone is doing their part to help out. It is truly heart-warming.”

“This is our city and we always work together,” Scott county Sheriff Preston Payne said, speaking to his selfless atti-tude. “You always need to think about your brother before you think about yourself.”

The acts of kindness don’t stop there. Gabriel Unruh of Crowder rallied his citizens together and came to the aid of their friends only one floor below. Perhaps the real story is how the citizens of Pershing came together at the end of the night singing songs lead by citi-zen Keleb. Their spirits would not and could not be broken. As the night came to a close it became clear that the citizens of Pershing refused to be beaten down. A night that began with tragedy, ended with a city that grew closer together to create a brother-like bond.

Cameron Clark, weyer, spends time in the city jail made from rolled up MBS records. we’re watching you.

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The American Legion Post #999Membership eligibility in The American Legion is based upon honorable service with the U.S. Armed Forces. To be eligible, a veteran must have served during war time. The following dates apply:

World War I: (April 6, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1918); World War II: (Dec. 7, 1941 - Dec. 31, 1946); Korea (June 25, 1950 - Jan. 31, 1955); Vietnam: (Feb. 28, 1961 - May 7, 1975); Grenada/Lebanon: (Aug. 24, 1982 - July 31, 1984); Panama: (Dec. 20, 1989 - Jan. 31, 1990);

Desert Shield/Desert Storm: (Aug. 2, 1990 - present).Dues are $30 per year. Send dues payment to: The American Legion Department of Missouri, P.O. Box 179, Jefferson City, MO 65102

Boys State Squadron #999: Sons of The American LegionTo be eligible, you must be a male descendant (includes stepsons and adopted sons) of a member of The American Legion.You would also be eligible to join the Sons of The American Legion if you are the male descendant (stepsons and adopted sons included) of a veteran who died in service during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama or the Persian Gulf War.You would also be eligible to join the Sons of The American Legion if you are the male descendant (stepsons and adopted sons included) of a veteran who died subsequent to his or her honorable discharge from service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama or the Persian Gulf War.

Dues are $15 per year. Send dues payment to: The American Legion Department of Missouri, P.O. Box 179, Jefferson City, MO 65102For further information, contact Commander Justin W. Stephan at (660) 424-0888 or jwstephan@gmail.com

By PeteR WestGambrel

The Joint Party Rally Wednesday eve-ning gave Boys State citizens a chance to hear opinions from every candidate for a state office.

One candidate who rose above even the most talented and entertain-ing speakers was Lieutenant Governor Quentin Hooks. A member of the Fed-eralist Party, Quentin Hooks received an overwhelming nod from his party and took that power entrusted to him and used it to fuel his crowd-moving speech.

The young candidate began his

s p e e c h t o MC Ham-mer’s “Can’t Touch This”. D a n c i n g across the stage with energy and finesse, the crowd was i n s t a n t l y electrified by his opening

act. “The dancing gets me excited to

stand up in front of a large audience. It gets me pumped, but at the same time,

it relaxes me before I begin to talk,” Quentin Hooks said.

The crowd waited in absolute silence as Hooks took the microphone. He spoke with a swagger, confidence and assurance that any candidate needs in order to win an audience over and receive their votes.

In his speech, Hooks stressed that the voter in a democracy holds all the power. He mentioned that the citi-zens of Boys State, as a generation, are responsible not only for what happens at the 74th session of Missouri Boys State but for the many sessions to come.

He also related this idea to the real world talking about our generation

holding the key to the future of this country. Hooks’s speaking ability was able to move the entirety of Hendricks Hall on their feet on several occasions. Federalists and Nationalists alike gave many ovations to the candidate.

“Being able to speak well is just a natural thing to me,” he said. “I have been to speaking seminars which have helped me, but ultimately, it’s just a gift that God blessed me with.”

To address what he would do as Lieutenant Governor, Hooks gave Hen-dricks Hall three simple words: “I do work.” This statement created a tre-mendous uproar and was echoed by crowd members constantly throughout

the rest of the Joint Party Rally. However, his opponent retorted

with a question of how exactly Hooks would “do work”.

“As the Lieutenant Governor pre-sides over the Senate, I would work alongside senators in order to draft and pass bills,” he said. “In the Senate noth-ing is set in stone. What bills are passed are up to what the people want at the time.”

Even if Quentin Hooks is not totally prepared or qualified for his position, he brings an unequaled energy, an unmatched passion and an unstoppa-ble determination to the post of Lieu-tenant governor.

Lt. Gov. Hooks assures crowd: ‘I do work’

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charles Louis Holmes

Charles Louis Holmes, Doniphan, ‘died’ Wednes-day, June 19th in Doniph-an City.

Holmes was the only son of Scot and Deb-bie Holmes of the home. Holmes is also survived by several friends in Doniph-an, a city he loved, includ-ing a new citizen named Charles Louis Holmes 2.0. Among these were his roommate Nathanael Cope, his best friends Tashan Reed and Jordan Lambay, and his counsel-ors Jake from state farm, Joe, Michael, and Jared.

Holmes’ funeral was Wednesday evening with the entire city of Doniphan in attendance. A note was displayed at the service, prepared by Holmes in the event of his death. It reads: “A Nationalist and a Federalist walk into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Get the heck out.’ Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, a joke at a funeral? Don’t feel bad for me, carry on. The show must go on. No curtain calls on Doniph-an’s quest for Model City. Finally, don’t glorify my death. It doesn’t compare to other deaths such as the crew of the Andrea Gail, Old Yeller, Gary Coleman, and Steve Jobs. Our sepa-ration is only temporary. P.S. Nathanael, please don’t get any more tickets, we have to split the bill and I need to save money. P.P.S. I also regret never seeing Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, and the Mad Max movies.”

Submitted by Evan Moak, Weyer

(This obituary is fiction.)

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Supreme court justices: Joshua Holl (Carver), Chief Justice alex Schmitt (Carnahan), Brandon Heisserer (whitfield), alexander Johar (whitfield), drew Cox (Blair), Matthew Schneider (richardson), Keith Haar (Carver)

Federalists Sweep State

attorney general dominick Brogoto (ingle), State treasurer david Hedlund (Clark), State auditor Nate Henry (gambrel), Secretary of State Joshua dunn (weyer), Lt. governor Quentin Hooks (whitfield), governor wisdom Nwike (Blair).