TOTAL Youth Visits Nashville

Every March, the TOTAL Youth group visits Nashville to learn about Tennessee Government, meet the Speaker of the House, and hopefully sit in on a session to get a better understanding of how our government works.
This March the students had the opportunity to meet with the new Speaker of the House Kent Williams, Jimmy Naifeh and Mark Norris. They sat in on a committee meeting, toured the capitol, and had their picture taken with the Governor.
They ended the day with a trip the the Farmers Market and the Bicentennial Capitol Mall Park.

TOTAL Youth Graduation will be held March 31st.
To sign up for TOTAL Youth you must be a Junior in High School during the 2009-2010 school year. Maintain a 3.0 GPA and attend either CHS, MHS, BHS or TRA. To get an application, ask your guidance counselor.

TOTAL Youth Economic Development

TOTAL Youth recently toured the Covington Square during their Economic Development session. Mayor David Gordon walked with the students as he detailed the renovations that have been done to the square and the renovations that will come in the future.
During the session students also visited with County Executive Jeff Huffman. He talked about different issues throughtout the county and what aspects of his job as County Executive that he enjoys most.

After visiting with the mayors, the future leaders of our county stopped by Jezabel's Gifts and Bead Emporium and spoke with Wayne and DeLynda Rhodes about small business. They each made a beaded key chain before heading to Atoka to eat lunch.
The day ended with a tour of a local industry.