May 30, 2004

Today marks the first day of the Mississippi American Legion Boys State program. Approximately 250 of Mississippi’s young leaders arrived today to experience a week that they will never forget. The delegates will meet friends and contacts that will last for the rest of their lives in addition to learning about Mississippi’s state and local government, politics and the legal system. Upon arrival, delegates immediately began discussing their strategies for the upcoming week with regards to athletics and city competitions.  Campaigning for the upcoming elections is apparent with the walls of the Co-Lin campus covered in campaign paraphernalia. It looks as though this will be another top notch group of candidates and staff to ensure that Mississippi’s Boy’s State will remain amongst the best in the country.

2004 Boys State Elected Officials

1. Governor Michael Sipp
2. Lt. Governor Neal Arp II
3. Secretary of State Matt Welch
4. Attorney General Charles "The Shark" Clark
5. Treasurer Dale Alderman
6. Auditor Daniel Heider
7. Commissioner of Insurance Jeremy Branch
8. Commissioner of Agriculture Chad Fulgham

2004 SPEAKERS:

Click each Speaker's name for more information.

Congressman Chip Pickering

Congressman Bennie Thompson

Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck

Attorney General Jim Hood

Secretary of State Eric Clark

State Treasurer Tate Reeves

State Auditor Phil Bryant

Honorable James Graves, Supreme Court of Mississippi

Honorable Charles W. Pickering, Sr., U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Directions to Boys State:

From Jackson:

Take I-55 South (Like you're going to New Orleans)

Stay on I-55 South until you come to Exit 51

Take Exit 51, turn east off of the exit.

Go 4 miles until you come to a stop sign.

Turn Right. 

You'll come to a stop sign.  Go straight for about 1 mile.

Turn left where the Green Sign says Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Lester Furr Drive). 

Go over bridge and around curve.  You'll pass the Construction site of a new building.

The orange brick building past that on the left is the Student Union and is where Registration will be held.