{"id":16996,"date":"2013-12-20T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=16996"},"modified":"2013-12-20T06:33:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:33:37","slug":"barksdale-elementary-school-students-learn-about-government-from-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/20\/barksdale-elementary-school-students-learn-about-government-from-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Barksdale Elementary School students learn about government from officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46847\" title=\"Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - MCSO\" alt=\"Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - MCSO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/mcso.png\" width=\"144\" height=\"141\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Students at Barksdale Elementary School prepared for this week\u2019s Social Studies test, but aside from hitting the books, they were taught by several officials in local government.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Jesse Reynolds of the MCSO introduced Clarksville City Mayor Kim McMillan, Montgomery County Director of Administration Phil Harpel, Circuit Judge Ross Hicks, Assistant District Attorney Daniel Stephenson, Attorney Michael Pugh, K-9 Deputy Kelley Potter along with K-9 Mali and Deputy Tim Harp of the bomb squad.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200263\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mcsobdale1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200263\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200263\" title=\"Deputy Tim Harp introduces Barksdale students to the bomb robot.\" alt=\"Deputy Tim Harp introduces Barksdale students to the bomb robot.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mcsobdale1-480x360.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Tim Harp introduces Barksdale students to the bomb robot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Students heard several of their vocabulary words, including Governor, candidate and more while also getting to ask questions of the officials.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular segments among the kids, eliciting \u201coohs\u201d and \u201caws\u201d were when K-9 Mali made an appearance, and when Harp introduced them to the bomb robot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200265\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mcsobdale2.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200265\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200265\" title=\"Captain Jesse Reynolds (right) introduces K-9 Deputy Kelley Potter and service dog Mali.\" alt=\"Captain Jesse Reynolds (right) introduces K-9 Deputy Kelley Potter and service dog Mali.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mcsobdale2-480x360.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Jesse Reynolds (right) introduces K-9 Deputy Kelley Potter and service dog Mali.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Students at Barksdale Elementary School prepared for this week\u2019s Social Studies test, but aside from hitting the books, they were taught by several officials in local government. 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