Local students attend 2025 Buckeye Girls and Boys State programs

The New Philadelphia American Legion Tuscarawas Post 139 sponsored three girls and three boys to attend the 2025 Buckeye Girls and Boys State programs this summer.

The Buckeye Girls State program was held at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green June 8-14. Representing Tuscarawas County were Cora Dotts of Claymont High School, who was elected as an Ohio appellate attorney; Ellen Norris of Tuscarawas Central Catholic, who was elected sheriff of Peel County; and Khloe Trivoli, also of Tuscarawas Central Catholic, who was elected Ohio Supreme Court judicial assistant.

The Buckeye Boys State program took place at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio June 8-15. Attendees from Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School included Noah Lengyel, who was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives; Louden Savage, who was elected to the city council for Wiehe, Ohio; and Steven Simpson, who was elected Coppin County commissioner.

All six students reported they had a great experience, made lasting friendships, and found the program to be educational and inspiring.