2010 “Bluebonnet News” Available for Download
Jun 30, 2010 Comments Off FriendshipThe 2010 issue of "The Bluebonnet" is now available for download! Read about our elected officials, guest speakers, and more in our annual newsletter. Suitable for printing out and putting in scrapbooks. Spread the word--tell all your fellow citizens to download the ultimate Bluebonnet Girls State memento.
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2010 Girls Nation, Outstanding Citizens
Jun 30, 2010 Comments Off FriendshipTwo girls are selected from each Girls State program to attend Girls Nation, a national government training program. Sandra Silea of Frisco (Plano 321) and Priyanka Patel of Houston (Houston 560) will represent Texas at Girls Nation in July. First alternate is Hannah Kennedy of Rockwall (Rockwall Post 117) and second ...
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State Party Officers Elected
Jun 24, 2010 Comments Off FriendshipBecause the Girls State program is entirely non-partisan, citizens operate with mock political parties. They elect precinct, county and state party officials and write their own party platform. The National and Federal parties convened June 15, 2010 to pick their state party officials. State Federal Party officials are Chair Anna Van Buskirk, ...
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2010 Session Begins in Seguin
Jun 17, 2010 Comments Off FriendshipBy plane, bus, and automobile, 472 young women from all over Texas traveled to Texas Lutheran University campus in Seguin to take part in the 66th session of Bluebonnet Girls State. Registration began at noon on June 13 and participants were organized into twelve “cities” with between 30 and 50 “citizens.” They met their roommates ...
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