Rotherham shares winning government day essay

Dalton Rotherham, a junior at Ewing Public Schools, was named the local winner of the Holt County Government Day essay contest.

He is the son of Eddie and Karmen Rotherham.

Rotherham shared his essay with the Advocate-Messenger.

He wrote:

I felt that Holt County Government Day was an educational and fun day. One of the first places that we visited was the jail. We learned how things work when you are sent to jail. The officer in the jail showed us how they conduct moving inmates, as well as what they do to care for the inmates. We moved on to the dispatcher's office and discovered how much of...