Area high school seniors represented Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative at the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., where they learned how electric cooperatives are involved in their communities, met with elected governmental officials, and saw government in action firsthand. Pictured on one of the balconies of the Newseum building are, from left, Cody Campbell, Park View High School; Lauryn Chappell, Halifax County High School and Ashley Jones, Randolph-Henry High School.