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The University of Southern Mississippi will continue for another week hosting rising high school seniors from across the state for a special week of programs focusing on the political process when the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State comes to campus June 4-11.

Gov. Haley Barbour has been praised far and wide for his success in leading Mississippi through difficult economic times and the nation’s worst natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina.

On Tuesday, he encouraged the nearly 300 delegates to the 72^nd annual American Legion Boys State to use their own leadership abilities to continue moving the state forward.

The M.C. Johnson Natatorium will reopen for aquatics activities Tuesday, May 31. Because of damage caused by a fire last month, at this time the facility is only accessible through the Payne Center and natatorium visitors must use Payne Center restrooms and dressing rooms.

For more information, contact Southern Miss Aquatics Director Jessi Hobart at 601.266.5405; online, visit http://www.usm.edu/recsports/FACnatatorium.html

Dr. Maureen Martin, director of the DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi, served as the Mississippi representative at the national meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Speech Language Pathology Advisory Council in Washington, D.C.

When Hattiesburg residents Karen and Anthony Webb took their baby girl home from the hospital, they had no idea that within a few short days little Jordyn would be back in the hospital for a condition that would change her life, and theirs, forever.

Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Michael K. Randolph will be the keynote speaker Friday, May 27 when law officers from across the state graduate from the Southern Regional Public Safety Institute (SRPSI) at Camp Shelby. The graduation ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Dolton Hall at Camp Shelby.

How many 9-year-olds can truly understand the concept of “diminishing returns?”

After a few minutes of conversation with Fort Lauderdale, Fla., third-grader Peyton Robertson, one ascertains quickly he is anything but the typical elementary school student. Thus, it comes as no surprise to learn Robertson was named one of three nationwide winners in the 3^rd annual Kids Science Challenge.

The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles baseball team takes on Conference USA rival Rice University at home this week in a three-game series that will decide the league’s regular season championship. Southern Miss currently holds a one-game lead over the Owls.

The teams will meet today at 6 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pete Taylor Park on the Hattiesburg campus. Tonight’s game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network on Comcast Cable channel 735 (digital) and channel 393 (high definition) and will feature a tribute to former head baseball coach C.J. “Pete” Taylor, the park’s namesake, who died Sunday. The team’s seniors will be honored at Saturday’s game.

For information about tickets for the series against Rice, as well as for tickets to the Conference USA Tournament set for May 25-29 at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss., contact the Southern Miss Ticket Office at 601.266.5418.

Celestian J. “Pete” Taylor, who served as head baseball coach at The University of Southern Mississippi from 1958-1983, died at his residence in Hattiesburg Sunday. He was 92.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Taylor will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hattiesburg, with interment at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at the church, followed by a rosary service. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg is in charge of arrangements.