Submitted to The Union
The 77th American Legion Auxiliary California Girl’s State Conference was in full swing in March of 2020 all set to welcome more than 500 high school junior girls from all over California to the campus of Claremont McKenna college for a week-long endeavor of learning about our state’s government system. These girls, being the only ones selected from their perspective high schools, would have been broken in the four counties of Brown, Dorsey, McMahon and Marshall and each county broken into five cities. The girls in each city would have been housed together in a dorm at the college arriving as strangers but leaving as the best of friends.
Trisha Tillotson, Nevada County’s Public Works director, has been appointed as Nevada County’s Community Development Agency director beginning June 27.
On navigating her senior year of high school during the pandemic, Linden Lovett, who graduated Tuesday as valedictorian from North Point Academy, said the experience brought uncertainty both in the moment and future plans.