Willard Stout Post 266, Belle Center American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a Benjamin Logan High School Student to attend Buckeye Girls State.
One senior-to-be from Benjamin Logan High School will be among the nearly 600 girls participating in the 77th annual session of Buckeye Girls State at Bowling Green State University. The session begins Sunday, June 11, 2023, and concludes on Saturday, June 17, 2023.
It is a fast-paced program of mock government at the state, county, and city levels. The main objective of the Girls State program is to train young women, who have completed their junior year in the duties, rights, and privileges of citizenship by providing the attendee the opportunity to actively participate in a democratic form of government.
The local delegate to Girls State is Claire Rhodes. Willard Stout Post 266 of Belle Center will be sponsoring Rhodes.
As the girls arrive at Girls State they are assigned to one of two political parties. The residence hall in which they live during the program is their designated county and the floor on which they live is their city. The students will file petitions for candidacy for a variety of offices from governor to city council and participate in the election process. After elections and inaugurations, they will put the government into action.
Rhodes is the daughter of Neill and Tara Rhodes of Zanesfield. Rhodes is involved in the National Honor Society, Tri-M, Gardening Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, Interact Club (Raider Outreach Club), Marching Band, Pep Band, and Concert Band. Rhodes is the President of the Robotics Club and the Junior Class Representative.
