Sheridan High School’s “We the People” team brought home a Wyoming state championship at the district and state competition held last December in Cheyenne.

This gave the team the chance to compete at the national level, and from April 11 – April 17, the group took the trip to Washington DC. Twenty-six students competed in the competition, which tests each teams’ knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.

On April 29, SHS History teacher Michael Thomas and three of the Unit Quarterbacks talked about the national competition and the trip to Washington.

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Kena Mowry, a junior and the Unit 5 quarterback, added. She said she had been to DC before, and she

Unit 5 ranked 15^th in the nation in the competitions. The team members were Kena Mowry, Harper Scott, Lucy Brock, Erin Hoffman and Madi Wagner.

Suzie Foster, also a junior, and quarterback of Unit 3.

Anyone who is interested in the class should take it, Foster said, “You learn so much more than listening the lectures, and it applies so much to real life.”

May Lawson, a senior and quarterback of Unit 6 added and talked about other students who might be interested in being a part of the “We the People” team.

All three students felt that the class would help them to be more informed voters when they went to the polls. They also got to meet with two of Wyoming’s legislators, United States Senator John Barrasso and Representative Harriet Hageman while they were there. “It was really cool to interact with them.” Foster said.

As for future plans, two of the students are planning to go into law and one is planning to go into medicine, and they felt the “We the People” program would help them to better understand the issues that might affect their future careers.

They added a big thank you to the community for their financial support, and each student said how grateful they were to Sheridan for giving them this opportunity.

The group wore the fundraising T-shirts with sponsors names to promote Sheridan and Sheridan’s businesses all around the nation’s capital.

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – Mayor Anna Stout of Grand Junction and around 50 mayors from across the country met with members of Congress in Washington D.C. These mayors are from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and they took part in a two-day meeting to advocate for federal solutions to the housing and homelessness crisis affecting cities across the county.

Each mayor brought their perspective and experience on how their communities have dealt with the homelessness crisis. Elected representatives and White House officials shared resources and future federal budget insights to help city leaders with funding and programs. The three priorities that the mayoral delegation focused were on helping veterans qualify for vouchers and assistance, increasing funding for housing vouchers, and increasing the cap for project-based vouchers.

Under Mayor Stout, the City of Grand Junction has allocated over 13 million dollars to housing and homelessness projects in the past two years, and she told us that there is more work to do and much more resources are needed. “…it’s almost like being tasked with building a house but only given a hammer and nails. We need more tools, and we need more funding.”

Scott Beilfuss, an outspoken houselessness advocate and Grand Junction City Council member believes the city is not moving fast enough. “…there are some more things that I believe we could be doing here locally… …the focus of what we can do with the money we have, is not moving longer, quick enough for me.”

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