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Thursday, June 5, 1997
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Sheriff's Summer Youth Recreation Program
Caddo Parish Sheriff Don Hathaway will open his 16th annual Summer Youth Recreation Program at gymnasiums in seven Caddo Parish schools Monday (June 9).
The program was established to give Caddo Parish children a chance to participate in supervised recreational activities during the summer months. Booker T. Washington High School Coach James Mosley has supervised the program each summer since its inception in 1982. This year's program will run through Aug. 1.
The Sheriff's Summer Youth Recreation Program started 15 years ago at Green Oaks High School. It has grown from that one-gym program in North Shreveport to a seven-school parishwide network of coaches working with neighborhood children.
Working under Mosley's supervision will be 14 Caddo Parish coaches, two of whom coordinate the activities at each school. The 16th edition of the Sheriff's Summer Youth Recreation Program is operating at Green Oaks High School; Bethune, Hollywood, J.S. Clark, Linwood and Vivian Middle Schools, and Oil City Elementary School. Programs are in operation Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
"We've come a long way," Sheriff Hathaway said. "We started with one school in 1982. The program has operated in seven schools for the past several years. We believe our Summer Youth Recreation Program is of great benefit to the citizens of Caddo Parish by allowing children to have supervised fun during the summer. At the same time, parents don't have to worry about where their children are during our program hours."
Working with Coach Mosley this summer will be Coaches Helen V.
Anderson,
Joe E. Boyd, David Bryant, Linda K. Carroll, Lorene T. Jackson,
Mack Jones, Jackie Maiden, Michael Nation, Kenneth Prude, Linda
Rainey, Felix Smith, Willie Stevens III, Willie Stringer and Jimmy
D. Thomas.
July 28, 1995
Sheriff concludes 1995 Summer Youth Recreation Program
Caddo Parish Sheriff Don Hathaway concluded his 14th Summer Youth Recreation Program today as he presided over the presentation of trophies to the winners of a 3-Point-Shot Basketball Tournament and awards to the Outstanding Participants at each of the six Caddo Parish schools where the program has been conducted.
The Sheriff's Summer Youth Recreation Program provides Caddo Parish youth a place to participate in supervised recreation throughout the summer. Coach James Mosley, program supervisor, assisted Sheriff Hathaway in presenting trophies to the tournament winners and plaques to the outstanding participants.
Recipients of the Outstanding Participant awards and their schools are: Calvin Simpson, Booker T. Washington High School; Monica Harris, Green Oaks High School; Jackeith Baker, North Caddo High School; Tamika Wynn, Bethune Middle School; Rodrick Russell, Hollywood Middle School, and Terrance Chalmers, Linwood Middle School.
Tamika Wynn, won the girls 3-Point-Shot Tournament, and Henry Wright was the winner in the boy's competition. Second place in the boy's tournament went to Calvin Simpson and in third place was Courie Ford. Booker T. Washington High School won the Team Overall award.
The Sheriff's Summer Youth Recreation Program has been operating since early June at Booker T. Washington, Green Oaks and North Caddo High Schools and Bethune, Hollywood and Linwood Middle Schools.