Today citizens went through what will become their morning routine for the first time. Citizens woke up, showered, and cleaned their rooms before going to breakfast at 7:00. Many cities rearranged their rooms in unique, yet uniform manners, so that they could catch the eye of the Governor and his attaché as they did morning inspections. Citizens moved beds, desks, and anything else they could find to make their rooms seem better than the others. All of this effort was expended in hopes of attaining the prestigious Model City award.

Following breakfast, citizens went to a worship service of their choice. Citizens were given a choice of Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish services. Following church, the citizens attended a lecture on campaigning, speech-writing, and effective speaking. Here, they learned how to express themselves well and what the required conduct would be to become a proper statesman.

The citizens also attended their schools of instruction. Throughout the program, the citizens will be given the opportunity to get a brief overview of each of the five schools: Law, Government Executive, Legislative, Law Enforcement, Media, and the Democracy Academy. In these schools, citizens learn not only how to do the things that will become their jobs this week at Boys State, but also things that will make them an effective citizen in society as a whole. This morning, the citizens saw the first of these presentations, but more will follow.

Congressman Comes Home



U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy (D-NY) addresses citizens in Henricks Hall on Sunday night. Murphy served as the governor of Missouri Boys State in 1987 and as a staff member in various capacities for 10 years. He was elected in a special election earlier this year. For a story about Murphy’s appearance, see tomorrow’s MBS Record.

Boys State celebrates Flag Day during parade
BY JESSE SKAAR
BOYS STATE CITIZEN
CLARK CITY

This year's Flag Day fell during the 70th session of Missouri Boys State. Many of the American Legion riders Post 131 from Warrensburg showed their support for MBS by parading their motorcycles down Highway 13 under the pedestrian overpass on the University of Central Missouri campus while the Warrensburg Police Department closed nearby streets.
In return, MBS citizens showed their patriotism to the Legionnaires by waving their own personal flags with pride. This proved to have a huge emotional impact on many veterans, citizens of Boys State, and citizens of Warrensburg that were in attendance. This show of respect also proves that MBS citizens are proud to be Americans and represent our state and nations's youth.

Sunday afternoon, all citizens had a brief meeting in which they learned the basics of parliamentary procedure and the suggested voting procedures they would be following at Boys State. Following that, they broke into their ward meetings. Here, they selected candidates for city council, and appointed other positions.

The Director of Missouri Boys State, Mike Plunkett (center), presents the American Legion with a plaque commemorating the 70th session of Missouri Boys State. The State Department Commander, Victor Stragliati (right), and Chairman of the Missouri Boys State Trust, Jim Whitfield (left) received the plague on behalf of the American Legion Department of Missouri.