Lindsborg Student Wins State D.A.R.E. Essay Contest

Taylor Hinderliter, a student of Lindsborg's Smoky Valley Middle School, was a recipient of D.A.R.E in 2016. The essay competition photograph is (from left to right) Hinderliter, Jeonju D.A.R.E. Coordinator, Doug Anderson, Chief of McPherson County Sheriff's Office, Undersheriff Derek Ploutz, Office of Haskell County Sheriff, and Chairman of the Kansas Junior Officers Association.

TOPEKA - (August 9, 2016) - Lindsborg's high school student was chosen as the winner of the state D.A.R.E this year. (Drug abuse prevention education) President Kansas attorney general Derek Schmid announced today

Taylor Hinderliter, a student at the Smokey Valley middle school, was elected as the winner of the statewide competition by the Kansas Junior Officers Association. Last year, Hinderliter took part in Office D.A.R.E of McPherson County Sheriff. The program finally wrote an article about what we learned in the program. Hinderliter is Tom and Gale's daughter.

Schmidt said, "Students who participated in the DARE program learned valuable skills to drug and alcohol risk." "Taylor's article is a good example of the ability of this program to teach young Kansans these skills."

The state-wide D.A.R.E. program is coordinated by the Attorney General's office. More than 100 Kansas counties and communities about Kansas have D.A.R.E. to serve students in that area. Plan and read the award-winning Hinderliter paper at www.ag.ks.gov/dare

Gibson's representative is proud of all his D.A.R.E. Students He was very excited by the article Emna read for D.A.R.E. Students and parents are graduation ceremonies. Emna shared a wonderful article on what he learned at D.A.R.E. The course of the past ten weeks. Emna and her parents were very excited at the news that the Gibson delegate sent her articles to the National D.A.R.E. The association is considered a national award

Thank you for your interest in Secretary of State Secretary's Annual Essay Contest. Essay Competition is a wonderful opportunity for students to participate in the democratic process and it is possible to earn valuable prizes. In particular, as voter participation is decreasing among the youngest people, Minister Grime has encouraged all students and teachers to show active commitment to citizenship by participating in the competition . When a US citizen reaches 18 years of age, he or she has the right to vote. But in recent years, the youngest voter in the United States is also the least common voter in the United States. The young voter's voter turnout rate is much lower than any other age group. Youth voting rates (18 to 30) in 2016 were lower than 28 percentage points for those aged 60 and older, nearly 39 points lower in 2014. Is the explanation that young voters are not interested in the atmosphere of the current split discourse?