A group of fourth graders got the chance to respond to the essay topic, "If I were Mayor, I would..."
Eleven winners were chosen from all over the state. They received their aware from Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford.
The future mayors had some good ideas...
"I want a community garden because it would make a lot healthier community and it would be a chance to get outside," Madison House from Grantsville Elementary in Alleghany County said.
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