HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE -- The Audubon Society of Hot Springs Village awarded Halberg Ecology Camp scholarships to the following students, representing their schools, some of whom have achieved the goal ... to be asked back to the camp the following year.
Bailey Helton, from Fountain Lake, and Bayley Brown, from Mountain Pine, will attend the Advanced Camp at Mount Eagle being held July 2-9. Attending camp as second-year campers will be Ben Combs and Katie Osborn, from Jessieville, and Brooke Miser, from Mountain Pine. The first-year students are Kiley Branch and Stephanie Thurman, from Fountain Lake; Danielle George and John Canaan Taylor, from Jessieville; and Olivia Smith and Skylar Rucker, from Mountain Pine. The juniors and seniors will be at Camp Clearfork.
The campers will be honored at the July Potluck Dinner Meeting on July 14, with Teri LaBove and Andrea Mueller in charge.
Donations to the camp include bird seed, feeders and houses. Acknowledgements go to Wayne Krone, who manages the bird seed sales, Adolph Juarez, who builds and installs the feeders and houses, and President Diane Condon, and her board, who authorizes the scholarships and believes in investing the club's money in educating young people to appreciate and learn how to protect the environment.
For information, call LaBove at 915-9101 or Josie Farrell at 922-3398.
Society on 05/21/2017