By Clara McShane, Spain Park High School
Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer
Lorelai Kindle and Lynn Battle at Feb. 27 Governor’s Cabinet Luncheon. Photo By Ella Gant, Spain Park High School
Thursday, the day before the opening of the 76th Alabama Youth Legislature Conference, Youth Gov. AnnMarie McDaniel’s Cabinet met with their real-life governmental counterparts.
I love pouring into the students … I’m excited that this event is happening, and it’s just a great opportunity for them. I’m happy to be a part of it.”
Lynn Battle, ADEM
Ashley Tool and Grayson Haberecht met over lunch, then Grayson got to tour the ADECA offices. Photo by Ella Gant, Spain Park High School.
Youth Alabama Economic and Community Affairs Director Grayson Haberecht met with Ashley Tool, deputy director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). When asked how he would help upcoming ALYIG legislature participants, Haberecht said, “if I had walked in knowing a little bit more of what it was going to be like, it would’ve helped significantly with my nerves. That’s something I would like to help the new delegates come through.”
Lorelai Kindle, ALYIG’s director of Environmental Management, spoke with Lynn Battle, chief of External Affairs for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). Kindle said she is “excited to learn about how ADEM works” from Battle. When asked how she would better the program for upcoming ALYIG participants, Kindle said she can “set a really good example because [she] can get up there and speak on bills and show how you can easily be pro or con and do it politely.”
