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STATE ENVIROTHON WINNING TEAM OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL, TEAM A, Left to right, Calendula Cheng, Savannah Hesidence, Joanna Bu, Siena Cizdziel, Sadie Pasco-Pranger and Raina Woolworth. Oxford Team A had the high score in Soils/Land Use, Oral Presenta-tion, Forestry, Current Issue and Aquatic Ecology. PHOTO BY KATHY DOUGAN, MSWCC
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WANT TO START AN ENVIROTHON TEAM AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL? Call Envirothon Coordinators Chelsey Gazaway (662.647.8857, x103 ) or Clay Burns (601.354.7645, x304) for more information.
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State Envirothon teams placing 2-5, and Wildlife high score
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THIRD PLACE PASCAGOULA HIGH SCHOOL, left to right —Alexandria Calloway, Jack Monroe Harrison, Hunter Blades, Zaniya Mat-thews and Cailey Holliday. SECOND PLACE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL TEAM B, left to right — Emma Teng, Gillian Meyers, Anna Kang, Claire Cizdziel and Srujana Murthy.
FOURTH PLACE HILLCREST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TEAM A, left to right — Aaliyah Newsome, Gage Mitchell, Sarah Grace Brownlee, Jarod Bewley and Emily Lewis. FIFTH PLACE DELTA ACADEMY TEAM A, left to right — Matthew Jackson, Laife Rushing, Will Vonallmen, Kyle Wiggs and Ty Borgannoni.
2018 STATE ENVIROTHON HIGH SCORE/WILDLIFE, CLEVE-LAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM B, left to right — Kim Kinget, Trent LaMastus, PJ Davis, Hardy Cooke, Tylar Course and Jacob Dodd.
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Lamar County SWCD Education Coordinator attends MSWCC April meeting ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŵĞŵďĞƌƐǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚĂǀŝƐŝƚĨƌŽŵ>ŝƐĂƌŽǁŶŝŶŐƚŚĞ>ĂŵĂƌŽƵŶƚLJ^tĚƵĐĂƟŽŶŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌĂƚD^tƐŵŽŶƚŚůLJŵĞĞƟŶŐƌŽǁŶŝŶŐŝƐƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚŝŶƚŚĞďĂĐŬůĞŌĐŽƌŶĞƌ
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Conservation Carnival celebrates Earth Day 7,6+20,1*2—$Q(DUWK'D\FDUQLYDOZDVKHOGIRU3UHQWLVV,WDZDPEDDQG7LVKRPLQJRVFKRROVDW7LVKRPLQJR6WDWH3DUNRQ)ULGD\$SULO 0RUHWKDQSDUWLFLSDWHGLQWKHHYHQWZKLFKLQFOXGHGSUHVHQWDWLRQVDERXWZLOGOLIHWUHHVEXJVZHLUGSODQWVEHHVDQGSROOLQDWRUVUHF\FOLQJELUGLQJ1DWLYH$PHULFDQKLVWRU\DQGKLVWRU\RIWKHSDUN )ULHQGVRI7LVKRPLQJR6WDWH3DUNVSRQVRUHGWKLVHYHQW
All about birding Delta Datsis (at left), from the Tishomingo County SWCD, discusses birding and shows stu-dents a blue bird box at the Conservation Carnival. MSWCC Field Rep Robin Tisdale at right facing camera, assists.
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A look inside a bee hive At left: Dr. Jeff Harris, MSU-ES, discusses bees and pollinators at the Earth Day Conservation Carnival in Pontotoc, while a student looks for the queen bee in the hive.
It’s a Bug’s (and Spider’s) World Dr. John Guyton, MSU-ES, brings a tarantula to the carnival.
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Great American Cleanup May 19 in Copiah County Each year Keep Mississippi Beautiful has a statewide kick-off event for the Great American Cleanup in one of our affiliate's communities- this year we are partnering with Keep Copiah County Beautiful at Lake Hazle in Hazlehurst, MS.
SCHEDULE 8:30 A.M: Kickoff Ceremony, Lake Hazle pier 9:00 A.M.– NOON: Clean up & Green up NOON: Lunch
Two-Day Pontotoc County Conservation Carnival brings out more than 250 participants WKEdKdK—KŶƉƌŝůϭϵ-ϮϬϮϬϭϴŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϮϱϬƉĂƌƟĐͲŝƉĂƚĞĚŝŶĂƚǁŽ-ĚĂLJŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶĂƌŶŝǀĂůĂƚ^ƚĂīŽƌĚWĂƌŬ dŚĞƌĞǁĞƌĞϭϰƐƚŽƉƐŽŶƚŚĞƚŽƵƌŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐD^tƐ^ŽŝůdƵŶŶĞůǁŚĞƌĞ&ŝĞůĚZĞƉƌĞͲƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ>ĞĞ^ŵŝƚŚD^tĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚƚŽƵƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƚƵŶŶĞůĂŶĚƚĂůŬĞĚƚŽƐƚƵͲĚĞŶƚƐĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚƵŶĚĞƌŶĞĂƚŚƚŚĞƚƌĞĞƌŽŽƚƐ
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Wayne Johnson awarded 25-year service pin CALHOUN CITY — At the Calhoun Co. Board of Supervisors meeting on April 23, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Calhoun City, Calhoun Co. Commissioner Wayne Johnson was presented with his 25-year service pin. MACD President Pete Hunter, at right, spoke at the event. District Chairman Randy Baker is at left.
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Make your reservations by May 25 for MCDEA 2018 Conference See the May 4, 2018, issue of Delta Farm Press Daily news to read more about Pete.
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