TRIO Upward Bound, a Department of Education-funded grant that operates out of Eastern Gateway Community College, recently held a virtual entrepreneurship program in which 16 students from Jefferson County high schools participated and completed the pitch competition on the final day. First prize was a new 7th Generation iPod touch. The winner of the 2021 TRIO Upward Bound Young Entrepreneur Competition was Justen Wargo, a senior attending the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School where he is part of the multimedia and design program. His home school is Edison High School. Wargo has been accepted to Shawnee State University and will pursue a bachelor’s degree in game and simulation arts. In December, he received his third academic letter from Edison High School. The entrepreneurship program was promoted by the Ohio Afterschool Network. TRIO Upward Bound was awarded a $500 grant to participate in the program, and the funds were used to purchase the prizes awarded. The instructors for the program were Ron Emery, Senior Corps of Retired Executives, and A.J. Bove, a young entrepreneur who graduated from Westminster College in 2019. Other winners, aside from Wargo, were: Destiny Campos, second place; Lita Bennett, third place; Travis Rose, fourth place; and Riley Stine, Sarah Wagner and Karalyne Hunter, honorable mentions. TRIO Upward Bound serves 64 low-income and/or first-generation Jefferson County high school students who aspire to go to college, explained Tracy Yaich, director.