AEC general manager Kevin Short presents the Washington Youth Tour winners Ashley Sanchez, Taylor Ludwig and Megan Necochea at the AEC Annual Meeting in 2019. Not pictured: Alexa Stafford. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo
Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. has announced the Washington Youth Tour writing contest for local students.Talented high school juniors are invited to submit letters that may earn them a trip to the nation’s capital.The contest consists of a written letter to one of Anza’s State Representatives on a topic of the student’s choice, followed by an interview with a panel of judges. Four students will be selected for the trip.According to the Cooperative, every June, high school students from across the country spend a week in the nation’s capital as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. The students are sponsored by electric cooperatives, cooperatives that are committed to educating America’s rural youth about America and the role electric cooperative
