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Maricopa County Board celebrates America 250 youth essay winners

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors · May 4, 2026
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At its May 4 informal meeting the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors honored three winners of an America 250 youth essay contest — Liberty Sharp (4th grade), Lyric Sharp (7th grade) and Veronica Rodriguez (high school) — who read essays about freedom, the flag and the American dream.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Monday honored three local students as winners of the county’s America 250 youth essay contest during an informal board meeting.

Supervisor Thomas Galvin, who led the county’s America 250 effort, said county staff reviewed about 320 submissions across three age groups and introduced the winners: Liberty Sharp, a fourth grader at Desert Cove Elementary; Lyric Sharp, a seventh grader at Shea Middle School;…

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