From left, pre-school students Kamdon Olier, James Rand, and Skyler Hamilton look at their bear safety pamphlets during Joey Merrill, an enforcement agent for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, talk on bear safety at Vidalia Lower Elementary School Tuesday. The students were studying bears as a part of the Letter B section of the school year. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
Joey Merrill, an enforcement agent for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, talks to pre-school students about bear safety at Vidalia Lower Elementary School Tuesday. The students were studying bears as a part of the Letter B section of the school year. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
Pre-school student Gracie French holds a stuffed teddy bear after Joey Merrill, an enforcement agent for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, talked to students about bear safety at Vidalia Lower Elementary School Tuesday. The students were studying bears as a part of the Letter B section of the school year. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
From left, pre-school students Kamdon Olier, James Rand, and Skyler Hamilton look at their bear safety pamphlets during Joey Merrill, an enforcement agent for Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, talk on bear safety at Vidalia Lower Elementary School Tuesday. The students were studying bears as a part of the Letter B section of the school year. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)