Mathews American Legion Post 83 recently announced its 2025 Boys and Girls State delegates. This will be the 82nd year for Boys State and the 78th year for Girls State. Delegates are selected by both their peers, teachers and Post 83. Participants will create local and state governments and run these organizations during the week-long program in mid-June. MHS Registrar Nicole Foster, at left, and Ron Lambert of Post 83, right, are shown here with, from left, Girls State selections Shelby Ray, Ella Ward, Nora Suthard and alternate Elizabeth Congrove, and Boys State representatives Jasai Williamson, Ivan Schaible and Sterling Ray Hudgins Jr. “We also want to thank the Piankatank Ruritan Club and the Mathews Lions Charity Foundation who also donated funds to send these outstanding young citizens to this revered program,” Lambert said.
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