Local teen attends civics conference

State Sen. Tom McClintock and Jonathon Ronald Evans Jonathon Ronald Evans, a senior this fall at Newbury Park High School, recently attended the California Boys State held at Cal State Sacramento from June 18 to 25.

At the conference, Evans passed a mock bar exam and was elected a city councilman in one of 29 virtual cities. He visited state Assemblywoman Audra Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) and state Sen. Tom McClintock (R-Thousand Oaks) in their offices at the state capital.

“I learned a lot about the working of city and state government,” said Evans. Participants set up their own cities, elected their own officials and settled disputes through a court system run by the representatives, he said.

Evans is the son of Ron and Janet Evans. He’s a member of the California Scholarship Federation, NPHS concert choir, the Highly Dubious barbershop quartet, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is also an Eagle Scout.

Evans was selected as a representative by American Legion Post No. 741. According to the American Legion, the purpose of Boys State is to “provide citizenship training for a selected group of high school boys chosen for outstanding citizenship, scholarship, leadership and interest in government.”

Topic: How

government works