JR. LADY VIKINGS FINISH STRONG

Congratulations, Jr Lady Vikings! This has been a history making season. 22-4 overall record. TCA Christmas Tournament Champions, Dyersburg Christmas Tournament Runner Ups, TMSAA WTAC Conference Area 17 Class A Champions, TMSAA Class A Section 4 Champions, TMSAA Class A State Tournament 3rd place. Special thanks to everyone who supported Jr Lady Vikings basketball this season. Head Coach Terrell Green and Assistant Coaches Chandra Maclin and Jordyn Johnson.

Siac Players Of The Week

PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Jersey Cabana

Lane | Pitcher | Freshman | San Dimas, CA Cabana pitched a perfect game in her collegiate debut, facing the minimum and allowing no base runners while striking out 11 of the 15 batters she faced. She led Lane to a sweep of Rust College on opening day of the 2023 season.

DENMARK HOOPS YEAR #2!!

Thanks to volunteer coach Dee Williamson and his wife for pouring into our youth again this year! - James William Johnson, JMCS Board Chairman

West Tennessee OUTDOORS with Ray Jones

Send photos to: numberonecoach@hotmail.com or 731-694-8614

Rabbit Scramble

Rabbit season is winding down with both rabbits and hunters scrambling around trying to survive the last few days of the season. It is a sad time for the hunters and a happy time for the rabbits.

The rabbits have relief knowing they don’t need to scramble around trying to get away from beagles all the time. Although it’s a game for the beagles it’s not anything funny about it for the rabbits and they bring their A game to every race.

Often when it is late season rabbits are more experienced at escaping and present a more difficult challenge.

Hunters on the other hand are having anguish knowing the scramble is about to close and nearly a year until they can resume their favorite pastime , the scramble .

The season comes to a February 28 and will not re-open until the second week of November. So hunters better hit the woods before the whistle is blown and the hounds are shut down for the season. Take a kid with you and they will be a step ahead for next season.

PHOTO IS BERNARD WATKINS AND A LATE SEASON RABBIT.

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE BOOK CLUB PRESENTS

An Evening with Deacon Bill Winston who will be sharing his Family Reunion Event that was held on a plantation that was owned by descendants of slave owners and the Winstons are descendants of many of those slaves.

The event will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room at the Jackson-Madison County Library located in downtown Jackson.

The public is invited.

Fayette County, Tennessee

I can hear the Kodaks clicking, mechanical crickets on a summer afternoon, 1915, the gleaming white shirts confessing cleanliness.

The tortured body hangs, beaten and torn, like the remains of a pinata emptied on its candy and toys the bankers and lawyers converge to debate removal, as if the corpse is an unexpected annoyance, the aftermath of a sudden storm.

By early evening the crowd has become less coherent, returning to familiar habits, reassured by the slow illumination of their halos.

On an excursion train back to Memphis a young girl is startled by her reflection in the window; a piece of bloodstained cloth - a souvenir from her father - has somehow gotten stuck in her hair. Across the aisle her brother sleeps, his blond hand dangling over the edge of the seat, as if suspended above an abyss, the gift of a long, black finger defiantly hooked into his fist, refusing to let go.

By Andy Macera

Reprinted from Struggle

A quarterly magazine devoted to progressive and revolutionary literature and art expressing the anti-establishment struggles of the working class and oppressed people in the U.S. and worldwide.

Double Issue - Fall -Winter 2007-8 Vol. 23, Nos. 2 and 3 strugglemagazine.net