By Pennyrile Electric
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Ten area students were among 135 high school juniors from across Kentucky who visited the commonwealth’s capitol as part of the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperative’s Frankfort Youth Tour on April 22nd.
The program brings together students selected from their local electric cooperatives to tour Frankfort and learn about state government.
The students representing Pennyrile Electric are listed back row, left to right: Aaron West, Heritage Christian Academy; Eli Radford, Christian County High School; Jackson Wells, Logan County High School & Noah Kaiser, Todd County Central High School; (Front Row) Lexie Pendleton, Peyton Hughes, Hopkinsville High School; Hannah Major, Trigg County High School; Lilly Colley, Christian County High School; Lydia Swinney, Todd County Central High School & Madison Chaney, Trigg County High School.
During the day-long program the students toured the state capitol, the governor’s mansion and the Kentucky Vietnam Memorial. Students met with Governor Steve Beshear on the steps of the Capitol. They also heard presentations from the Honorable Adam Edelen, Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts; and the Honorable Brian Linder, Representative, Kentucky House of Representatives.