KYA Journal Volume 1: Issue 2 November 14, 2015 The Candidate Spotlight By: Emily Fannin Candidates. Our candidates running for governor are a huge part of the Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) conference. So, I’m sure you would love to know more about this year’s 2015 KYA candidates who are run- ning for governor; one of these six delegates could be representing us not only as a YMCA conference, but also as the state of Kentucky. Our only female candidate, Kens- leigh Jones is representing Seton Catholic School. She said, “KYA to me is everyone coming together from different places and getting to talk about the issues going around in Kentucky and we all get to share our ideas.” Kensleigh’s platforms are donating unused schools supplies to low income schools, having a variety of working citizens coming in and talking to high schools, and provid- ing a mandatory life skills class. Next we have William Middleton who is representing East Oldham Middle School. He said, “KYA to me is where anyone who wants to can go up and say what they want and no one is going to judge them.” William’s plat- forms are having a mandatory large celebration for our veterans, having No Child Left Out Programs for kids to speak their minds in school, and an anti-discrimination law in Ken- tucky that’s for gender and sexual orientation. Then there is Ben Waltman, repre- senting Sayre. He said, “KYA to me is a place where everybody has a voice where everybody has a place to be able to change something no Why the Candidates are Inspired to be Governor By: M.J. Farrell BEN WALTMAN Sayre School Ben Waltman’s inspiration is his brother Sam. Waltman says, “He’s always been a big part of my life. Now that most of his brothers are gone to college, all he’s got left is Sam. He thinks of his brother greatly and really wants to live up to his potential. KINSLEIGH JONES Seton Catholic School Kinsleigh Jones has decided to run for Governor on account of, what she says, “All the people and expe- riences from KYA.” Photo Courtesy of Media Corp
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KYA JournalVolume 1: Issue 2 November 14, 2015
The Candidate SpotlightBy: Emily Fannin
Candidates. Our candidates running for governor are a huge part of the Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) conference. So, I’m sure you would love to know more about this year’s 2015 KYA candidates who are run-ning for governor; one of these six delegates could be representing us not only as a YMCA conference, but also as the state of Kentucky.
Our only female candidate, Kens-leigh Jones is representing Seton Catholic School. She said, “KYA to me is everyone coming together from different places and getting to talk about the issues going around in Kentucky and we all get to share our ideas.” Kensleigh’s platforms are donating unused schools supplies to low income schools, having a variety of working citizens coming in and
talking to high schools, and provid-ing a mandatory life skills class.
Next we have William Middleton who is representing East Oldham Middle School. He said, “KYA to me is where anyone who wants to can go up and say what they want and no one is going to judge them.” William’s plat-forms are having a mandatory large celebration for our veterans, having
No Child Left Out Programs for kids to speak their minds in school, and an anti-discrimination law in Ken-tucky that’s for gender and sexual orientation.
Then there is Ben Waltman, repre-senting Sayre. He said, “KYA to me is a place where everybody has a voice where everybody has a place to be able to change something no
Why the Candidates are Inspired to be GovernorBy: M.J. Farrell
BEN WALTMANSayre School
Ben Waltman’s inspiration is his brother Sam. Waltman says, “He’s always been a big part of my life. Now that most of his brothers are gone to college, all he’s got left is Sam. He thinks of his brother greatly and really wants to live up to his potential.
KINSLEIGH JONESSeton Catholic School
Kinsleigh Jones has decided to run for Governor on account of, what she says, “All the people and expe-riences from KYA.”
Photo Courtesy of Media Corp
ANEESH KADAMBIWindburn MS
Aneesh Kadambi says, “I want to run for governor after 3 years of doing KYA.” Kadambi was very in-spired, in 6th grade, by the gover-nor that year and has aspired to be the governor ever since.
WILLIAM MIDDLETONEast Oldham MS
All of the people in politics have in-spired William Middleton. He says, “I’ve acquired a real speaking voice after attending KYA,” and he really wants to show people what a talent he’s got.
AIDAN ALDRIDGET.K. Stone MS
Aidan Aldridge is inspired by James Comer, who ran for governor in Kentucky’s primaries, but was beat-en by Matt Bevin. Comer has been a big part of Aldridge’s family. He even came to talk to Aldridge about
How is KYA Different?By: Katherine Henson
When Ron Adkisson brought his first students to KYA 15 years ago he was “a nervous wreck, and had as much knowledge as a 6th grad-er.” But when advisors took him under their wing he transformed from a chaperon to a Hall of Fame advisor.
Years ago, KYA was a place where delegation free times were a living nightmare involving pool time, students were intimidated to speak, there was only one middle school conference with 1200 people, and governor platforms were unheard of. There was also a Governor’s Banquet, where the family would come and everyone would sit and be served food, and a middle school judicial program (which is now only for high school KYA).
Today the bills have changed with the times, and involve technolo-gy that didn’t exist 20 years ago. There are multiple conferences, the Y tweaked the conference so that students are less intimidated to speak, and bills have become more creative.
However, some aspects of KYA have stayed the same. There are bills repeated every year, such as child-hood obesity, motorcycle helmets, seat belts on school buses, and driving at 15. The chance for mid-dle schoolers to speak their voice is also a constant.
“You get out what you put in.” Take Scotty Sutton’s advice and invest yourself in this year’s KYA because it might never be the same.
matter how big or small the issue is.” Ben’s platforms are to create daycares and preschools for under privileged families, to increase the amount of grants being given to small businesses, and to increase the amount of no kill animal shelters in Kentucky.
Now we have Jacob Banta, rep-resenting South Oldham Middle School. He said, “KYA to me is a time to experience talking in front of people and learning new ways to have perspective and look at other people’s ideas.” Jacob’s platforms are to reduce poverty, to create new jobs for police officers for security reasons, and to increase education in Kentucky.
Also we have Aiden Aldridge, who is representing T.K. Stone Mid-dle School. He said, “KYA to me is the opportunity to meet with new people and to hear their opinion and
to as well give your own opinion.” Aiden’s platforms are to legalize in-dustrial hemp, to implement fracking into Kentucky, and to ban negative ad campaigns.
Lastly there is Aneesh Kadambi, representing Winburn Middle School. He said, “KYA to me is a place where anybody can exchange ideas and de-bate topics they feel strong about.” Aneesh’s platforms are to reduce obesity, lower smoking mortality, and to improve Kentucky’s education.
These are our 2015 candidates for governor of the Kentucky Youth Assembly! They all have worked very hard and have a great time while doing it. The candidates running for governor are such a huge part of KYA and make up most of this phenomenal experience!
his seeking to make a difference, and his passion. Aldridge says, “I see the same passion in him that I see in myself.” It’s that passion that inspired him to run for gover-nor.
JACOB DANIEL BANTASouth Oldham MS
Jacob Daniel Banta was persuad-ed to run for governor because he would get to lead KYA. He hopes he can win, so he can come back next year. He says, “I would love to lead the next debate and speak in front of many people.”
Governor Spotlight: Kevin JingBy: Sam Gerdemann
2015 Middle School Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) Governor Kevin Jing participates in a Q&A about how he came to hold the role of head of the executive committee. Here is some interesting informa-tion about the beginning of his KYA experience.
Governor Kevin Jing ran for exec-utive committee based on three platforms: increasing air quality in Kentucky coal mines; decreasing poverty by increasing education; and increasing the amount of safe, reliable, and affordable public transportation in the common-wealth of Kentucky.
Governor Kevin Jing was inter-viewed by Media Corp member Sam P. Gerdemann, representing North Oldham Middle School.
Q: How did you learn about KYA?A: KYA was a tradition at my middle school. When we first came to school as sixth graders the higher grades would tell us stories about how awesome KYA was and say, “if you don’t go you won’t do anything here”, so I gave it a try.
Q: What made you want to come to KYA?A: Most of my friends had gone to KYA and since I am very engrossed in politics I joined them in the next year of KYA. Added to the fact that I love sharing my own opinion, KYA seemed like a logical choice.
Q: What were your first posi-tions inside of KYA?A: When I first attended KYA I didn’t really know the rules so I began as your average delegate to try out how I liked KYA. Turns out, I loved it!
Q: How did you learn that you wanted to run for executive committee?A: At the beginning I was the sort of kid who wanted to be at the top. When I, as a sixth grader, saw the different leadership roles posted on the wall, my eyes went to governor. I waited until eighth grade and ran.
Q: Did your family/friends sup-port this decision?A: My parents support all of deci-sions I make in order to give me a taste of making my own choices.
Q: What are your plans for the future? Will you continue trying to contribute to and improve our community?A: I do plan to support or commu-nity by joining my school National Beta Club in order to not just help the community, but also improve it.
Q: What are your goals for the future?A: I plan to continue going to KYA in High School and promoting the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I also wish to rise up to a leadership po-sition in the National Beta Club to promote ecological choices.
Q: How do you plan to accom-plish these goals?A: To accomplish these goals I am going to do a lot of hard work. Nothing comes easy. Being involved in the community and just helping out.
Q: Are you going to continue with politics in your later life?
A: I may, but as most people I am not a hundred percent sure yet. I might go to law school to be a law-yer or politician, but I have a very open mind so you never know!
Q: Do you look fondly upon your decision to run for governor? Do you regret it?A: I look very fondly upon my deci-sion; being governor has its perks! This position gives me the ability to do what I like most: help!
Q: How have you acted upon your three platforms of increas-ing coal mine air quality, de-creasing poverty by increasing education, and increasing the amount of reliable public trans-portation in your term as KYA governor?A: As governor I have promoted voting kindly upon these platforms. Kentucky really needs these im-provements.
What It’s Like to be a First-Timer at KYABy: M.J. Farrell
Remember your first time at KYA; everyone here started at some point. If you were nervous, no one would blame you. People who have been here for years and years still get nervous to present their bill, be a committee chair. Even dele-gates get nervous to give a speech.
We’ve all been there before, but for the new kids, it’s even more nerve wrecking. There are tons of new people, everyone’s at their best, and you’re just trying to get around without being run over by the hun-dreds of kids here. Of course, it’s not like everything is scary. Every-one also remembers all of the fun times they had for their first time here.
Now, when people think about their first time at KYA, they mainly remember all the fun stuff and try to block out all that scary things. 6th grader, Jacob Griffin, of Se-ton Catholic School thinks that his first-time KYA experience is fun, since he made a statement saying,
“It’s a lot more fun than you think.” Now, the most fun part everyone remembers is the dance, with all the activities. Maybe, you were a champion GaGa player? Maybe, you rocked a song in Karaoke, or may-be, you showed you slick moves to everyone on the dance floor.
Of course, there’s also the friends you come to KYA with. To define the fun of hanging with school
friends for almost three days, 6th grader, Max Sigler, of Seton Cath-olic School stated, “Being with my friends from school is really fun.” He said all of this with an extreme-ly happy and cheeky smile. Also, there’s not only the friends that you come with; there’s about 900 other kids here you can meet and create awesome friendships with.
Of course, to help that first-timer make an infinite amount of friends, you have to talk to them! If you see a first-timer, ask them how their day is going, or tell them that you like their outfit, even give them a joke to brighten their day! You’ve been a first-timer before, and you know how much that helps to make you feel more comfortable. Now, you might be asking your-self, how will I know if someone’s new? Well, many sources say that when your new or unaware of your surroundings, you become diffident or anxious. So if you look for those people, and go up and make them feel more at home, I promise you will feel better about yourself!
In conclusion, if you don’t feel like it’s your obligation to make a new kid feel better, just remember your first time at KYA and how you felt. So remember that for the next KYA. Thank you, you’ve definitely made this new kid’s KYA better.
What’s the True Meaning?By: Ashley Trimble
Bill sponsors are one of the most critical aspects to help identify what KYA truly is. They bring out their voice to the community to help create a better one. To one person, a bill sponsor might just
be a person who enjoys to talk profusely and wants to argue with anyone who opposes their bill, but to be frank, it is so much more than that. Bill sponsors have shaped the nation of KYA, and made us who we
are today, which we should never forget.
Being a bill sponsor is extreme-ly important to our KYA society, and even to Kentucky itself. As I
Photo Courtesy of Media Corp
The KYA Education FairBy: Osaz Omoruyi
One of the first things you ex-perience when you get to KYA is the Education Fair. What exactly is the Education Fair? Well, that’s simple. The Education Fair is when all the people writing a bill set up their tri-fold and explain their bill to anyone who passes in hopes of winning them over to their side in the debates that take place later that day. We interviewed a few such as Abolishing the Death Penalty, Putting Body Cameras on the Police Force, and Regulating Puppy Mills. So, I interviewed Olivia, who has a major hand in the Education Fair. This is how it went.
Q: So, What’s the main purpose of Education Fair?A: To offer a place where students can converse with Bill Sponsors and ask questions they would normally not ask during debates. Also, to look at the tri-fold that the spon-sors have developed.
Q: What’s the coolest tri-fold you’ve seen?A: One of the coolest one that I’ve seen was one that had a Papa Johns aesthetic, and dealt with em-ployees smoking on the job. It was very creative.
Q: So, what’s your job in relation to Education Fair?A: I promote peer-to-peer interac-tions in a social setting.
Q: What are your thoughts on the group of kids this year?A: These kids are very inspired and invested in their work so they can have a voice in Kentucky’s prob-lems.
Q: Thanks for your time. Before we go, what’s your favorite thing about KYA?A: The diversity of ideas.
From this interview, we can see how important KYA is to everyone.
asked a KYA staff member, all of the passed bills are put into the “Youth Action Agenda,” and sent to the legislators of Kentucky. They then look at the bills, and may grab ideas from it, which could possibly get it made into a law. As you can tell, being a bill sponsor is a funda-mental job to our KYA society.
I interviewed two bill sponsors, Alexis Tainsh and Hannah Hignite from Gallatin County Middle School, about the subject. This was their second year as bill sponsors. I asked Alexis how she would per-sonally describe what a bill sponsor does, and she replied,” To come up with problems in our community, and to find a way to fix them.” As we all know, there are many prob-lems facing the state of Kentucky, and bill sponsors are the ones to defeat these problems. I also ques-tioned what their favorite part of being a bill sponsor was, to which Hannah Hignite replied, ” Trying to fix problems in Kentucky, and to make a difference.” This is what being a bill sponsor, and even more,
KYA, is all about: to help create a better community for the citizens of Kentucky.
As I conclude this article, there is one question I had to ask. I asked the bill sponsors what advice would they give other delegates that as-pire to become bill sponsors. “Don’t be nervous, it’ll be worth it in the end.” –Alexis Tainsh. That state-
ment could not be more true. It IS all worth it in the end. Whether the bill was passed or not, bill spon-sors still are courageous enough to stand in front of their fellow delegates and let their opinions shine. They take chances and are not afraid to make mistakes, which we should all do. We should never forget the role of our bill sponsors.
Photo Courtesy of Media Corp
When I asked one of the media corps members, Ashley Trimble, what media corps is to her, the re-sponse given pretty much described our entire operation, “Media corps to me is to help capture the mem-ories of the phenomenal times we have. Being on media corps is extremely important; it’s to let ev-eryone know the highlights of KYA, and the stories we share. There is only going to be one KYA confer-ence with these specific people, and my objective is to be able to tell the story of us.”
Now, you might have noticed some delegates running around with cameras, taking pictures and jotting down notes. That’s us, the media corps. We basically are a group of students who have an interest in photography and journalism. You also might have noticed this article is titled the “underground” media corps, which is mainly because we are not as well-known as the other aspects of KYA. However, that does not mean we aren’t a fundamental part of the conference.
Our job is simple: it is to help cap-ture memories and the highlights of KYA. So the next time someone asks to take your picture, smile and know they are helping to preserve the memories of this conference. Each conference is unique and there will never be a conference that’s the exact same as this one. So conserving the memories of each conference is pivotal, and that task falls upon us. Not only do we take pictures to preserve your experi-ence in KYA, we also gather and record the highlights of the confer-ence such as the bill ideas popular among the delegation, information about the candidates running for governor, and creating a spotlight of the governor himself. We run around the conference interviewing, taking pictures, posting on social media and writing articles. Our job makes your experience more enjoy-able and unforgettable.
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