Harrison County News & Events

County youth attend Tara Youth Camp

Scholarship Winners
(Back row) Jessica Watkins, Christina Lewis, Christian D. Hickerson, and Christopher Hickerson; (middle row) Aliana J. Williams, and Andrew Rowell II; and (front row) Jamey Watts.

Several Harrison County youth recently attended a Youth Conservation Camp at Tara Wildlife near Vicksburg. Tara Wildlife and the Mississippi State University Extension Forestry Department conducted the camp. Scholarships to attend the camp were funded by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors through Public Law 106-393. The campers studied hunter safety, CPR and First Aid, and received "Certification" in those fields. Campers learned how to shoot with archery equipment, .22 caliber rifles, and shotguns. Among other things, they also learned tree identification, predator control with live traps, and paddling a canoe. The program is expected to continue next year. All Harrison County youth ages 9 through 16 are eligible to apply for the scholarships. For more information contact your MSU Extension Service County Office at 228-865-4227.

Teacher Conservation Workshop Scholarship Recipients

Scholarship Winners
(Back row) Jessica Watkins, Christina Lewis, Christian D. Hickerson, and Christopher Hickerson; (middle row) Aliana J. Williams, and Andrew Rowell II; and (front row) Jamey Watts.

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors, in cooperation with Harrison County Extension Service, recently sponsored scholarships for three teachers from Harrison County Schools to attend the Teachers Conservation Workshop (TCW). Margaret Aspacio, Desiree Delmas, and Shantai Flowers were this year's scholarship winners. They attended the weeklong workshop, June 8-13, at Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, MS.

The Mississippi Forestry Association (MFA) sponsors the workshop each year in order to promote the conservation of natural resources through public educators. The workshop provides hands on ideas for use in classroom activities. Teachers, conservationists, and scientists instruct the workshop emphasizing the importance of conservation of natural resources with special attention given to Mississippi's forests and forest products.

The scholarships that the three teachers received covered registration fees for the workshop as well as university academic credit fees for 3 hours of undergraduate or graduate credit. The scholarships were funded by Title III of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and were provided by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors: Bobby Eleuterius, Larry Benefield, Marlin Ladner, William Martin, and Connie Rocko.