Kenergy Corp has selected its winners of the 2012 Washington Youth Tour.  Each year, Kenergy and its member-owners provide a weeklong all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for six juniors in high school.  To enter a contest to win the trip, students must live in a house powered by the co-op and write a 1,000-word essay on any subject about which they are passionate.  A panel of judges, made up of Kenergy members and staff, choose the winners. WBKR congratulates the winners...

Mitchell Berry and Blakely Lander of Henderson County High School, Victoria Shaffer of Hancock County High School, Lindsey Young and Mitch Knott of Apollo High School, and Anna Lamure of Madisonville North Hopkins High School.  

Berry, of Henderson, is the son of Eddie and Pam Berry.  Lander, of Henderson, is the son of Chad and Christi Lander.  Shaffer, of Whitesville, is the daughter of Matthew and Amy Shaffer. Young, of Owensboro, is the daughter of Sonya Young.  Knott, of Owensboro, is the son of Amy Knott.  Lamure, of Hanson, is the daughter of John and Cynthia Lamure.

This year’s successful candidates wrote essays about aging grandparents, Future Farmers of America, the price of freedom, reading and teamwork.

The Washington Youth Tour will take place June 15-22.  Kenergy and its members are proud to provide this educational opportunity to students in the co-op’s service territory.  The tour is just one of many community involvement programs Kenergy supports.

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