Youth experience electric-co-op-sponsored Washington, DC, tour

By Bev Odom on Wednesday, July 15, 2026
WELLINGTON
  • Jace Darrow, of Wellington, and Kate Shaw, of Clarendon, pause for a moment on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol during their recent weeklong Government-in-Action Youth Tour of the nation’s memorials, museums and Capitol in Washington, D.C. COURTESY PHOTO
    Jace Darrow, of Wellington, and Kate Shaw, of Clarendon, pause for a moment on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol during their recent weeklong Government-in-Action Youth Tour of the nation’s memorials, museums and Capitol in Washington, D.C. COURTESY PHOTO

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Youth from across Texas, including Wellington’s Jace Darrow and Clarendon’s Kate Shaw, convened on Sunday, June 15 in Austin for a welcome and orientation dinner prior to flying from Austin to Washington Dulles International Airport early the next morning.

    What began as part of electric cooperatives’ efforts to improve members’ lives, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s created the dir…