1939 2018 THE AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE OF VIRGINIA 76 th SESSION RADFORD UNIVERSITY 801 East Main Street Radford, VA 24142 JUNE 17 23, 2018 Gerald Rhoads Director
DAILY PROGRAM OF EVENTS Headquarters 540-831-1049 Fax 540-831-1054 Emergency 540-831-5500 COUNSELORS When counselors arrive at Radford University, they should report to American Legion Boys State Headquarters, located in Wahington Hall. City Counselors should report on arrival to A.D Carter, Chief City Counselor. Please plan to arrive by 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2018. SPEAKERS All speakers, seminar leaders, and resource persons should report upon arrival to their speaking location and make contact with David Braun, Program Director. Dining Hall Hours: Breakfast: 7:00 am -- 9:00 am, Monday -- Saturday Lunch: 11:30 am -- 1:30 pm, Monday Friday (Saturday: box lunch) Dinner: 5:00 pm -- 7:00 pm, Sunday -- Friday Saturday, June 16, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 10:00 am 2:00 pm Counselors Registration and Room Assignments Radford Staff Washington 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Training Session for All Counselors A.D. Carter David Braun Administrative Staff Young 302 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Recognition Dinner Radford Muse 6/15/2018 Page 2
Sunday, June 17, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 10:00 am 10:45 am Training Session for ALL City Counselors A.D. Carter David Braun Gerald Rhoads Angie Edwards Young 302 11:00 am 1:00 pm Registration of Citizens Kathy Lyons Linden Dixon The Bonnie Hurlburt Student Center First Floor. Drop off Lot AA 2:00 pm 4:00 pm First City Meeting Introductions City Meeting Rooms 4:15 pm Opening Assembly Dan Dellinger 4:55 pm Introduction of Staff 4:55 pm Flag Courtesy Steve Cox 5:00 pm Dinner (Staggered by Cities) Muse Dining Hall Cities in First Group: Bradley, Burke, Eisenhower, Henry ALL OTHER CITIES RETURN TO YOUR MEETING AREA 5:15 pm Cities in Second Group: Jackson, James, Lee, MacArthur 5:30 pm Cities in Third Group: Marshall, Maury, Nimitz, Patton 5:45 pm Cities in Fourth Group: Pershing, Puller, Stuart, Washington City Meeting Room Muse Dining Hall Muse Dining Hall Muse Dining Hall 7:30 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:45 pm Athletic Directors Meeting Angie Edwards Young 302 6/15/2018 Page 3
Sunday, June 17, 2018 8:00 pm OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 76 th SESSION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE OF VIRGINIA Dan Dellinger Opening Prayer Demas Boudreaux Pledge of Allegiance Dan Dellinger Program & Recognition of Special Guests Welcome to Radford University Dan Dellinger Joe Carpenter Vice President Radford University Hon. Bruce Brown Radford Mayor 8:30 pm Keynote Address RADM William Cobb US Navy (Ret) 8:30 pm Staff Meeting (Counselors-in-Charge Only) Young 302 9:30 pm City Meetings Introduction, Orientation & Discussion of Meaning of Party Politics Choose Special Participants & Representatives City Counselors City Meeting Room 10:30 pm City Reporters Randy Harwick Young 123 11:30 pm Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 4
Monday, June 18, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining Hall 7:30 am Chaplains Breakfast (all city chaplains) Demas Boudreaux Muse Dining Hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:30 am Instructional Session A.D. Carter Washington 9:30 am Training for City Sheriffs Robert O Keefe (All City Sheriffs) 8:30 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 9:15 am Members of the Virginia General Assembly Photos Martin VIP lounge 9:45 am 10:45 am Instructional Session Virginia s General Assembly Origins to Today Sen. Charles Carrico Sen Rosalyn Dance To be announced Del. Richard Bell Del. Nick Freitas Del. T. Scott Garrett Del. Christopher Hurst Del. Sam Rasoul Del. Nick Rush 11:00 am 11:30 am Wrap-up Members of the General Assembly Deputy Clerk VA House of Delegates 11:45 am City Yearbook Pictures Auditorium Stage 12:00 noon Lunch Muse Dining Hall 1:15 pm 2:15 pm Instructional Session The Virginia Candidates Selection Process Primaries vs. Conventions Dr. Stephen Farnsworth Professor University of Mary Washington 2:30 pm Swearing-In Ceremony (City Sheriffs) A.D. Carter Auditorium Stage 6/15/2018 Page 5
2:35 pm 3:00 pm Description of Afternoon Activities Athletics Better Speaking Heartsaver CPR Parliamentary Procedures Talent Show Running for Office Moot Court Angie Edwards Dale Jenkins Ken Knight Rick Oertel Christopher Fens Larry Greene 3:30 pm Afternoon Activities Athletics Band Better Speaking Chorus Newspaper Parliamentary Proced s Talent Show Heartsaver CPR Running for Office (Mon only) Moot Court Angie Edwards Christopher Fens Dale Jenkins Demas Boudreaux Randy Harwick Rick Oertel Christopher Fens Ken Knight Larry Greene Athletics various Band Preston stage Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Chorus Porterfield 101 Newspaper Young 123, 321 Parliamentary Proced s Cook 107 Talent Show - Porterfield 179 Heartsaver CPR Moffett lounge Running for Office Covington Auditorium Moot Court Chubb 1016 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Dinner Muse Dining Hall 6/15/2018 Page 6
Monday, June 18, 2018 7:00 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:00 pm Officers of Election Meeting Ken Knight Young 302 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Instructional Session Local Government in Virginia Hon. Robert Coiner Mayor of Gordonsville (Bradley, Burke, Eisenhower, Henry, Jackson, James) Mike Hamp Waynesboro City Manager Pridemore Auditorium (Lee, MacArthur, Marshall, Maury, Nimitz) Hon. Bruce Brown Radford Mayor Covington Auditorium (Patton, Pershing, Puller, Stuart, Washington) 8:00 pm Staff Meeting (Counselors-in-Charge only) 8:45 pm City Meetings Nominations for Mayor, Senate & House of Delegates Young 302 City Meeting Room 11:30 pm Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 7
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining Hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:45 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 9:30 am City Elections: Mayors, Senators & Delegates 10:00 am 11:00 am Instructional Session Structure of the Virginia Legal System Hon. R. Edwin Burnette Circuit Court Judge (Bradley, Burke, Eisenhower, Henry, Jackson, James, Lee, MacArthur) Hon. Chuck Slemp Commonwealth s Attorney Wise County Covington Auditorium (Marshall, Maury, Nimitz, Patton, Pershing, Puller, Stuart, Washington) 11:15 am Announcements of Election Results Mayors 11:20 am Swearing-in Ceremony (City Mayors) 11:30 am Announcement of Election Results Senators & Delegates 11:40 am Swearing-in Ceremony (Senators and Delegates) 11:45 am Instructional Session Training for Senators & Delegates 11:45 am Instructional Session Training for Party Chairman State Board of Elections Hon. R. Edwin Burnette Circuit Court Judge State Board of Elections Hon. R. Edwin Burnette Circuit Court Judge (All Senators & Delegates) Chuck Cunningham Mark Seavey Sam McPherson (All City Party Chairmen) Bring Credential Forms Young 302 12:00 noon Lunch Muse Dining Hall 12:00 noon Instructional Session Training for Mayors Robert O Keefe A.D. Carter (All City Mayors) Washington 6/15/2018 Page 8
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 1:15 pm 2:15 pm Instructional Session The Office of Attorney General 3:30 pm Afternoon Activities Athletics Band Better Speaking Chorus Newspaper Parliamentary Proced s Talent Show Heartsaver CPR Moot Court Hon. Mark Herring Attorney General of Virginia Angie Edwards Christopher Fens Dale Jenkins Demas Boudreaux Randy Harwick Rick Oertel Christopher Fens Ken Knight Larry Greene Athletics various Band Preston stage Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Chorus Porterfield 101 Newspaper Young 123, 321 Parliamentary Proced s Cook 107 Talent Show - Porterfield 179 Heartsaver CPR Moffett lounge Moot Court Chubb 1016 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Dinner Muse Dining Hall 7:00 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:05 pm 7:25 pm Flag Retirement Ceremony American Legion Post 16 Heth Flagpoles 7:30 pm 10:00 pm Party Conventions Mark Seavey Nationalist Coordinator Sam McPherson Federalist Coordinator Covington Auditorium 7:30 pm 10:00 pm Legislature in Session Chubb House: M65 Senate: M73 Chubb: 3004/6/8/9/12/16/20 and 22 8:30 pm Staff Meeting Young 302 10:15 pm City Meetings City Elections & Convention Tactics City Meeting Room 11:30 pm Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 9
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining Hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:30 am Reminder to counselors, senators and delegates Legislative Bill DRAFTS and Supreme Court NOMINATIONS are Due. Submit both to Legislative office. Chubb 8:45 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am 10:00 am Instructional Session The Office of Lt. Governor Hon. Justin Fairfax Lt. Governor of Virginia 10:15 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 10:45 am Party Conventions (All Citizens not in Legislature) Nationalists Federalists 10:45 am Legislature in Session Supreme Court Elections (ALL Supreme Court candidates should report to the Joint Legislative meeting room by 10:45am) Mark Seavey Parliamentarian: Representative from Parliamentary Procedures Class Sam McPherson Parliamentarian: Representative from Parliamentary Procedures Class Covington Auditorium Joint Meeting Room 11:45 Legislature Pictures Joint Meeting Room 12:00 pm Lunch Muse Dining Hall 1:00 pm 3:30 pm Legislature in Session Bill Debates Chubb House: M65 Senate: M73 6/15/2018 Page 10
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:00 pm 3:30 pm Party Conventions (All Citizens not in Legislature) Mark Seavey Sam McPherson Nationalist -- Federalist Covington Auditorium 3:30 pm Afternoon Activities Athletics Band Better Speaking Chorus Newspaper Parliamentary Proced s Talent Show Heartsaver CPR Moot Court Angie Edwards Christopher Fens Dale Jenkins Demas Boudreaux Randy Harwick Rick Oertel Christopher Fens Ken Knight Larry Greene Athletics various Band Preston stage Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Chorus Porterfield 101 Newspaper Young 123, 321 Parliamentary Proced s Cook 107 Talent Show - Porterfield 179 Heartsaver CPR Moffett lounge Moot Court Chubb 1016 5:00 pm - Dinner Muse Dining Hall 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:30 pm Talent Show Rehearsal Christopher Fens Davis 151 7:30 pm 7:50pm 7:55 pm 8:55 pm Flag Tribute James Flint Instructional Session Highway Safety in Virginia State Troopers 6/15/2018 Page 11
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:00 pm Staff Meeting Junior Counselors Young 302 8:00 pm Candidate Instructional Session Planning for Statewide Elections Nominees (Gov, Lt. Gov & Attorney General) Federalist and Nationalist Convention Party Chairmen State Board of Elections Ken Knight (discuss position responsibilities and inauguration) Cook 107 9:00 pm Special Address Chris Skinner 10:00 pm 10:15 pm City Meetings City Meeting Rooms 11:30 pm Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 12
Thursday, June 21, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining Hall 7:30 am Inauguration Review (Band Director, Chorus Director, Color Guard Coordinator) Muse Dining Hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:45 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 9:30 am Announcement of Supreme Court Justices Speaker of the Boys State House of Delegates 9:35 am Swearing-In of Justices Larry Greene 9:40 am 10:20 am Report of State Board of Elections & Campaign Rally State Board of Elections 10:30 am Statewide Elections State Board of Elections 11:30 am Election Results State Board of Elections 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Instructional Session The Office of Governor Hon. Ralph Northam Governor of Virginia 1:15 pm Inauguration Review (Supreme Court, Legislative Leaders, Band, Chorus and Color Guard; and set up for 3:00 inauguration) 6/15/2018 Page 13
Thursday, June 21, 2018 1:15pm LUNCH Muse Dining Hall 2:45 pm 76 th AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE OF VIRGINIA INAUGURATION 3:30 pm Governor s Cabinet (Meeting to Write Legislation) Afternoon Activities Athletics Band Better Speaking Chorus Newspaper Parliamentary Proced s Talent Show Heartsaver CPR Moot Court Angie Edwards Christopher Fens Dale Jenkins Demas Boudreaux Randy Harwick Rick Oertel Christopher Fens Ken Knight Larry Greene House Chamber Athletics various Band Preston stage Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Chorus Porterfield 101 Newspaper Young 123, 321 Parliamentary Proced s Cook 107 Talent Show - Porterfield 179 Heartsaver CPR Moffett lounge Moot Court Chubb 1016 5:00 pm Moot Court Meeting Larry Greene Chubb (Supreme Court Justices & Bailiffs) 5:00 pm Dinner Muse Dining Hall 6:30 pm 6:30 pm Boys Nation Interviews Dr. George Blume Young 213 7:00 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:30 pm Staff Meeting Young 311 (Reminder -- Governor s Bill Drafts due by 7:30pm) 7:30 pm Oratorical Winner Greg Mueller 7:45 pm 8:00 pm Talent Show Christopher Fens 9:45 pm 10:00 pm City Meetings City Meeting Room City Business 11:30 pm Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 14
Friday, June 22, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining Hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:45 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 9:30 am 10:15 am Instructional Session Virginia National Guard MGen Timothy Williams Adjutant General - Virginia National Guard 9:30 am 10:15 am Legislature in Session CSAT Senate M65 House M73 10:30 am 11:15am Instructional Session Virginia s Game & Inland Fisheries Part I Ofc. Mark Brewer Conservation Police Officer David Kalb Wildlife Biologist John Copeland Fisheries Biologist (Bradley--MacArthur) Covington Auditorium (Marshall--Washington) 11:30 am 12:15 am Instructional Session Virginia s Game & Inland Fisheries Part II 12:00 pm American Legion Boys State of Virginia Board of Directors Photo Session Ofc. Mark Brewer Conservation Police Officer David Kalb Wildlife Biologist John Copeland Fisheries Biologist (Marshall -- Washington) Covington Auditorium (Bradley -- MacArthur) Muse Dining Room 6/15/2018 Page 15
Friday, June 22, 2018 12:15 pm American Legion Boys State of Virginia Board of Directors Meeting Muse Dining Room 12:30 pm Lunch Muse Dining Hall 1:45 pm Final Moot Court Arguments Boys State Supreme Court 2:45 pm Governor, Lt. Gov, Speaker, President Pro tempore (meet with Legisltive Counselor for signing of legislation and transfer to Governor for review and action) 3:00 pm 5:00 pm COLLEGE DAY Bob Brady / Fargo Wells Kyle 340 Multipurpose Room 3:30 pm Afternoon Activities Athletics Band Better Speaking Chorus Newspaper Angie Edwards Christopher Fens Dale Jenkins Demas Boudreaux Randy Harwick Athletics various Band Preston stage Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Chorus Porterfield 101 Newspaper Young 123, 321 6/15/2018 Page 16
AMERICAN LEGION NIGHT Thomas E. Lee III Commander of American Legion Department of Virginia Time Event Resource Person Location 5:00 pm Dinner Muse Dining Hall 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Flag Lowering Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 7:30 pm Boys State Parade Steve Cox Frenchie Burnett Either Moffett quad or Main Campus quad 8:05 pm Rulings in Moot Court Competition 8:15 pm Report from Boys State Legislators Boys State Supreme Court Chief Justice Legislative Representatives 8:30 pm Special Address Outstanding Participant in Better Speaking Class 8:45 pm Presentation of Samsung Award Robert O Keefe & Scholarships 8:45 pm Announcement of Boys Nation Selections Dr. George Blume 8:45 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:45 pm Special Musical Presentation Boys State Band & Chorus Legion Program Dan Dellinger Advancement of Colors American Legion Post 16 Table of Honor Ceremony Recognition of Special Guests Introduction of Department Commander David Stein Announcement of Boys State Hall of Fame Inductees Larry Greene & City Chaplains Dan Dellinger Dan Dellinger Gerald Rhoads 10:00 pm City Receptions Midnight Lights Out All Residence Halls 6/15/2018 Page 17
Saturday, June 23, 2018 Time Event Resource Person Location 7:00 am Breakfast Muse Dining hall 8:30 am Sick Call Jean Burnett Washington 8:45 am Flag Raising Steve Cox Heth Flagpoles 9:00 am Religious Services Demas Boudreaux 9:30 am Special Musical Presentation Boys State Band & Chorus 9:45 am 9:50 am Report to Boys State Citizens on Legislation Signed into Law Boys State Governor 10:00 am GRADUATION PROGRAM Dan Dellinger Awards & Recognitions Presentations: Heartsaver CPR Parliamentary Procedures Athletic Awards Moot Court Best Reporter Boys Nation Constitutional Officers Best Citizens Best City Presenters: Ken Knight Rick Oertel Ken Knight Larry Greene Randy Harwick Dr. George Blume Gerald Rhoads A.D Carter Ken Knight 10:30 am Farewell Gerald Rhoads 11:00 am Grand Finale Boys State Band & Chorus 11:30 am SESSION CLOSED Citizens Prepare to Depart Radford University 12:00 noon Box Lunch & Bus loading Pick up at Fairfax Bus Station by The Bonnie Hurlburt Student Center Box Lunches for bus attendants will be picked up at that location 2:00 pm ALL AREAS CLOSED 6/15/2018 Page 18
CITY MEETING AREAS City Dorm/Floor Primary Bradley Madison 2 Day Room Burke Floyd 2 Day Room B01 Eisenhower Jefferson 3 Young 302 Henry Madison 3 McGuffey 206 Jackson Moffett E1 Cook 129 James Moffett E2 Davis 151 Lee Moffett E3 Russell 033 MacArthur Peery 2 Day Room B01 Marshall Peery 3 2 nd Day Room - 160 Maury Moffett W3 Young 305 Nimitz Moffett W2 Russell 007 Patton Moffett W1 Davis 043 Pershing Stuart 3 Day Room B01 Puller Floyd 3 Day Room 2 B04 Stuart Stuart 2 Cook 107 Washington Jefferson 2 Porterfield 101 6/15/2018 Page 19
AFTERNOON ACTIVITY MEETING ROOMS Activity Building Room Resource Person Band Preston Stage Christopher Fens Chorus Porterfield 101 Demas Boudreaux Parliamentary Procedures Cook 107 Rick Oertel Heartsaver CPR Moffett Lounge Ken Knight Better Speaking Young 302 (305/406/412) Dale Jenkins Moot Court Chubb 1016 Larry Greene Running for Office (Monday only) Covington Auditorium Talent Show Porterfield 179 Christopher Fens Newspaper Young 123/321 Randy Harwick 6/15/2018 Page 20
STAFF OFFICES Department Resource Person Location Convention Coordinator Chuck Cunningham Washington Administration Office / HQ Kathy Lyons Washington Athletic Director Angie Edwards Washington Band Director Christopher Fens Washington Chaplain Demas Boudreaux Washington Chief City Counselor A.D. Carter Washington Chief Instructional Counselor David Braun Washington Chorus Director Demas Boudreaux Washington Deputy Director Robert O Keefe Washington Director Gerald Rhoads Washington Historian George Blume Washington Legislative Coordinators & Chubb Logistics Director Steve Cox Washington Master of Ceremonies Dan Dellinger Washington Media Coordinator Chuck Cunningham Washington Medical Room Jean Burnett Washington Newspaper Randy Harwick Young Operations Director Ken Knight Washington Photographer Andrew Wilds Washington Program Director David Braun Washington Registrar Linden Dixon Washington Supply Room Frenchie Burnett & Erik Campbell Washington Treasurer Larry Greene Washington Yearbook Al Hillman Young 6/15/2018 Page 21
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