Nine area students recently participated in the first session of the 35th annual Field Ecology Summer Regional Governor’s School hosted at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, June 10-20. Pictured at Douthat State Park: standing (from left), Brian Kendall and Cole Boller-Pinkham, Lylburn Downing Middle School; seated (from left) Jack Metheny and Shannon Forson, Central Academy Middle School; Maya Dorra, Read Mountain Middle School; Nadia Bergholz, Covington High School; Macy Williams, Central Academy Middle School, Sidney Donnan and Lydia Yopp, Clifton Middle School.