Blaine Wilson, Joel Cole and Lorenzo Silva (left to right) with Alaskan Sen. Bettye Davis during the WHS juniors' trip to Juneau as student lobbyists earlier this month.
Three Wrangell High School (WHS) juniors recently returned from a five-day trip to the State Capitol to participate in the legislative session. Joel Cole, Lorenzo Silva and Blaine Wilson traveled to Juneau Feb. 8-15 and lobbied for House and Senate bills that would ultimately grant their school more funding.
Silva,17, made the trip to Juneau as a sophomore, and after having “so much fun,” he said he wanted to serve as a student lobbyist again this year.
One would think Silva has an interest in politics.
Not so.
“Oh, no,” he responds to such an accusation. “Politics just makes my head hurt.”
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