By Jamie JordanManzanita City Reporter The city is finding spirit in their new styles. Manzanita has continued the tradition of picking a yearly theme. They decided to go with a cute and family friendly design of Disney’s Monster’s Inc. they
Hello green and yellow
by Sianna DavisManzanita City Reporter Arizona Girls State kicks off its second day with city council and mayor elections. Patriotism fills the rooms as yellow (nationalist), and green (federalist) ballots circulate among the cities. These green and yellow papers are
Katie Hobbs inspires Girls State citizens
By Annika Good and Amelia CooneyManzanita City Reporters On June 7th, after leaving the lunch hall, Girls State citizens headed to the state hall, nervously anticipating their next guest speaker. As they chatted amongst themselves, Governor Ester Marish grabbed everyone’s
Manzanita campaigns for County and State
By Annika Good and Amelia CooneyManzanita City Reporter In the later part of the day on Tuesday, June 6th 2023, the city of Manzanita took part in election campaigning in the Likins Hall courtyard. The girls made friends and introduced
Manzanita joins sister cities in recreational meeting
By Annika Good and Amelia Cooney – Manzanita City Reporters Manzanita City hosted the annual open house for her sister cities, Palo Verde and Sycamore, after their first political party rally. The girls headed to the Manzanita lounge after a
A great day of elections, questions and talent
Nicolle Conlogue – City of Manzanita Our last day of blog posts and nearing the end of Girls State for 2020. Today we continued our learning of branches in our state government with today’s focus being on the judiciary branch. Attorneys
Speeches, elections and inspiration
By Nicolle Conlogue – City of Manzanita Another great day at Virtual Girls State! Today we were presented with stories and encouragement from significant speakers in Arizona. The girls and I were lucky enough to have learned about the executive,