Training academy gets Barbour name

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- A maritime training facility being built at Ingalls Shipbuilding will be named after Gov. Haley Barbour. Work on the 76,000-square-foot Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy could begin as early as January and completed in 18 months. The academy, funded through a Hurricane Katrina community development block grant, is meant to provide a skilled workforce and help Ingalls expand its two- to four-year apprentice program to about 1,000 students. (Source: Mississippi Press, 12/16/11)