2012 CORNHUSKER BOYS STATE

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1 2012 CORNHUSKER BOYS STATE June 3-9, 2012 DAILY SCHEDULE DAILY ROUTINE 6:30 a.m. Wake-Up 7:00-8:00 Breakfast 8:00-8:10 Flag raising 8:30-11:30 See Daily Schedules 11:00-12:30 p.m. Lunch 12:45-5:00 See Daily Schedule 5:00-7:00 Dinner 7:00 See Daily Schedule 10:30 p.m. Retire to Rooms 11:00 p.m. Lights Out SUNDAY, JUNE 3 12:30-2:30 Registration and assignment to rooms Harper Hall Lobby Hand out to everyone a bill form and ask them to write one or two bills 2:45-4:45 General Assembly - Kimball Hall, Burdette Burkhart in charge Opening Ceremonies: National Anthem--Mr. Scott Vicroy 1. Welcome Message - Secretary of State John Gale 2. Address Boys State Governor Mapes 3. Report on 2011 Boys Nation 5. Message from Harold Simpson 6. Primary Election Procedure - Review procedure for City and Legislative elections - Review procedure for Monday morning meetings and Monday State/County/Court filings 5:00-5:30 Band Organization Westbrook Music Building, Room 132 Chorus Organization Westbrook Music Building, Room 130 Newsletter Staff Organization Harper Computer Lab

2 Athletic Activities & Team Assignments - Town Meeting Rooms 5:00-7:00 Dinner 7:00 9:00 Town meeting and City & Legislative elections (On the floors split into parties Nationalists in open lounge) (Federalists in enclosed lounge) MONDAY, JUNE 4 8:30-9:30 State Court System and How it Works for those interested in Court appointments, City Attorney, Attorney General Andrew Loudon, Attorney Love Library 102 (Keyser/Donner) Unicameral Legislature and how it Works -Sen. Tony Fulton HSS food service (Green/Slobotski) City Government and How it Works CBA 143 (Wayne Janssen) Lobbyist John Lindsay Burnett 115 (Leckron) 9:45-11:00 Party platforms and current political issues Kimball Hall (Jones) Vic Covalt State Chairman Nebraska Democratic Party Mark Fahleson State Chairman Nebraska Republican Party Boys' State Pictures (following the Kimball Hall session) (John Thompson) 1:45-3:30 Legislature in Session - HSS Food Service (Green/Slobotski) 1:45 2:45 City Councils in Session (Town Lounges) Wayne Janssen in charge 2:45 3:45 Political Action Committee Organizational Meetings Harper 2nd floor (Leckron) 2:45-3:45 Campaign Strategy- Jordan McGrain, Campaign Management Expert Harper Main Lounge (Jones) 4:00-5:30 Band Practice Westbrook Music Building, Room 132 Chorus Practice Westbrook Music Building, Room 130 Athletic Activities - To be assigned Newsletter Staff Harper Computer Lab 7:00 General Assembly - Kimball Hall (Zabawa)

3 "SECURE YOUR OWN MASK FIRST" JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, Ed.D. 8:30 Counselors pick up campaign material (Harper Front Desk) 8:30 Platform Meetings Nationalists Harper Hall 2nd Floor Lounge, (Donner) Federalists Harper Hall 2nd Floor Enclosed Lounge (Kaiser) 8:30 Political Action Committee Harper Hall Marketing Strategy meeting -(Leckron) 9:00 All election commissioners report to 1st Floor Lounge Filing for State and County Offices (please do NOT show up early) 9:30 Lincoln County Harper 1st Floor Lounge 9:40 Washington County Harper 1st Floor lounge 9:50 State Office Harper 1st Floor Lounge 9:50 Court filing Harper 1st Floor Lounge TUESDAY, JUNE 5 8:30-11:30 State Conventions debate and edit the party platform Federal Party Richards Hall 15 (Slobotski) National Party CBA (Donner) 9:45-11:30 Pre Primary meetings of Political Party State Office Candidates (except Governor) make remarks and questions and answer (See counselors for your office s remarks/debate format) Federalist - Richards Hall 15 (Slobotski) Nationalist CBA 143 (Donner) 12:45-3:00 Campaigning for State/County Offices/Political Action Harper Hall (Leckron/Slobotski/Jones) 3:15 3:30 Primary Elections - *Cornhusker Boys State is honored to have elections administered by Secretary of State John Gale, Greg Lemon, Director of the Nebraska Real Estate Commission, and associates from the Secretary of State and Real Estate Commission offices. Lincoln County Harper Hall 1st Floor (Jones) Washington County HSS Food Service 1st Floor (Green)

4 3:30-3:45 Ballot Counting Lincoln County Harper Hall Lounge Washington County HSS Food Service 1st Floor Lounge 4:00-5:30 Band Practice Westbrook Music Building, Room 132 Chorus Practice Westbrook Music Building, Room 130 Newsletter Staff - Harper Computer Lab Athletic Activities - to be assigned 6:00 Results of Primary Election posted 7:00 Keystone XL Pipeline Forum - Kimball Hall Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska and Brad Stevens of Americans for Prosperity Hosted by KETV Nightly News Anchor Rob McCartney 8:15 The Honorable Robert J. Kerrey United States Senator for Nebraska, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 8:30 9:45 Political Action Committee Fair HSS Food Service Lower Level (Leckron) 8:30-9:45 Careers - Harper Hall Lobby - Active Duty Army Recruiters, Army ROTC, Army National Guard 10:00-11:15 Workshop Sessions Picking a major? The future of Nebraska jobs! - Richard Baier, Executive VP Forging Nebraska s Future at NE Chamber of Commerce and Industry- Love Library 102 (Slobotski) Advanced Communication for Generation Z- John Morrissey, Leadership trainer for Fortune 500 companies - Morrill Hall 141 (Donner) Spaghetti on the Wall Networking Methods that Stick- April Kelly, Social Marketing Trailblazer CBA 143 (Jones) Economies in Small Town Nebraska School Consolidation, Population Shift, Agribusiness Trends Dr. Eric Thompson, UNL Professor of Economics- Bessy Hall 117 (Green)

5 12:45 3:30 Legislature in Session (HSS Food Service) -- (Green) 12:45-1:45 PAC meetings (Harper Lounge) -- (Leckron) 12:45-3:30 Current Issues of Society - Kimball Hall (Zabawa) 12:45-1:45 Jon Clifton - Head of Global Operations, Gallup 2:00-3:30 Diversity in Leadership panel Featuring: Frank LaMere, Don Wesley, T.J McDowell,Thomas Christie, Jose Soto 4:00-5:00 Band Practice Westbrook Music 132 / Kimball Hall Chorus Practice - Kimball Hall Athletic Activities - to be assigned Newsletter Staff Harper Computer Lab 7:00 General Assembly - Kimball Hall, President Randy Kaliff in charge Band & Chorus Concert Address - Honorable Dave Heineman, Governor State of Nebraska 9:30 Court selection meetings (Tyler Keyser) THURSDAY, JUNE 7 8:30-9:45 Caucus for Governor Nationalists Love Library 102 (Donner) Federalists CBA 143 (Slobotski) 10:00-11:00 Curt Tomasevicz - Gold Medalist of the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Four man bobsled, former Husker from Shelby, NE (Gwen Crawford in charge) 11:15 Primary Election for Governor & General Election for State/County *Secretary of State John Gale, Greg Lemon, Director of NE Real Estate Commission, and their associates providing election administration

6 Lincoln County Harper 1st Floor (Jones) Washington County Food Service Lounge (Leckron) 12:45-3:15 Legislature in Session (Green) 12:45-3:00 Current Issues of Society - Kimball Hall, Aaron Zabawa in charge 1:00-1:45 Video Chat with a Boys State Alum the Honorable Adrian Smith U.S. House of Representatives serving Nebraska s 3rd District 2:00 3:00 Dr. Sara Imhof, Midwest Director of the Concord Coalition - Kimball Hall 4:00-5:00 Athletic Activities Newsletter Staff Harper Hall Computer Lab 7:00-7:30 TBA 7:30 General Assembly Kimball Hall, President Randy Kaliff & Boys State Governor in charge Inauguration of Justices Address Honorable Michael Heavican, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court Sen. Mike Flood, Speaker of the Unicameral Time TBA 1st Gubernatorial Debate Harper Lounge Governor Larsen FRIDAY, JUNE 8 8:30 9:30 Legislature in Session - HSS Food Service 8:30 General Assembly - Kimball Hall Aaron Zabawa in charge 8:30-9:30 Law & Order, The Nebraska State Patrol (Thompson) 9:30-10:30 Platforms for Gubernatorial Candidates - Kimball Hall Governor Larsen - Aaron Zabawa in charge

7 10:45-11:00 Balloting for Governor *Secretary of State John Gale, Greg Lemon, Director of NE Real Estate Commission, and their associates providing CBS election administration Lincoln County Washington County Harper Hall 1st Floor Lounge Food Service Lounge 12:20 General Assembly Harper Hall Courtyard depart at 12:30 for Capitol 1:00-3:00 State Capitol & State Office Building visitation 1:00-3:00 Legislature in Session Warner Memorial Chamber, State Capitol select File, Finalize Budget, Final Reading 1:00-3:00 Supreme Court - State Capitol, Courtroom # 1 (Keyser) J. Kirk Brown, Solicitor General, in charge 3:30-5:00 Athletic Activities Newsletter Staff Harper Hall Computer Lab 5:15 Town Meetings - Selection of Outstanding Citizen 7:00-9:00 General Assembly - Kimball Hall, President Randy Kaliff in charge Program Evaluation General Roger Lempke (ret) Adjutant General, Nebraska National Guard Alumni of Cornhusker Boys State- Gettysburg 1964 Legislature, Governor signing of resolutions/bills Media staff presentation SATURDAY, JUNE 9

8 8:00 Check-Out procedure 9:00 General Assembly Nebraska Union Ballroom Randy Kaliff presiding Avenues to the Future - Careers - Financial Aid Sons of The American Legion presentation Dave Rippe, PDC 10:15 Closing Ceremony - President Randy Kaliff presiding Special Guest - the Honorable Ben Nelson, United States Senator Awarding of Diplomas Chairman of the Board Emeritus Alden Johnson Awarding of Lapel Pins - Vice President Douglas Boldt Awarding of Citizenship Trophies Vice President Douglas Boldt Awarding of Outstanding Athlete - Larry Frost Announcement of Samsung American Legion Scholarship National Finalist Awarding of City Prizes Director Burdette Burkhart Recognition of Counselors & Staff - President Randy Kaliff Remarks by Governor Presentation to Doug Larsen Department Commander George Cyboron Inauguration of Governor-Elect Governor's Inaugural Address Presentation of R. N. Riddle Traveling Trophy Close of 2012 Cornhusker Boys State