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D.C. (NewsDakota.com) – U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp have announced their selection of Sara Hatelwick of Jamestown and Alexis Vannett of Fargo to serve in the United States Senate Youth Program.

The program, which features 104 student delegates from across the country, will be held March 5th through the 12th. Both senators stated that Sara and Alexis have demonstrated commitment to education excellence and that is why they were selected as delegates from North Dakota for the program.

Hatlewick attends Gackle-Streeter Public School and serves as the secretary-treasurer of her class and as FFA chapter president. She has been a participant at the People to People Leadership Summit at Harvard and has received the Danforth I Dare You national award. She is active in FFA, 4-H, track, archery, chorus and speech. She is also involved in her community where she mentors students and serves with a local food drive she founded.

Vannett attends Fargo North High School where she serves as the Student Body president. She is the Key Club secretary and a member of the National Honor Society. She has served as a senator in Girls State, and is an intern in the North Dakota governor’s office. She has raised funds for the Great Plains Food Bank. Vannett plays guitar, piano, and sings, and hopes to major in political science and government.

Both students will join many others in meetings and briefings with Senators, House representatives, the President, and numerous other departments in Washington D.C. This year’s delegates were designated by Ms. Kirsten K. Baesler, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dawson Schefter of Langdon and Sedalia Mahlum of Bismarck were chosen as alternates to the 2016 program.