Shelby High School's Heydinger scores well on Americanism test, gets trip to D.C.

SHELBY — While Lilly Heydinger is planning to major in molecular biology in college, she is also a history buff. The Shelby High School student posted the top score by a senior girl in the American Legion O'Brien Post's district on an Americanism test, earning her a trip to Gettysburg and Washington, D.C. Each year, more than 60,000 students from more than 500 high schools in Ohio take the test, which measures their knowledge of federal, state and local government. They also write an essay on flag code. Shelby High...