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Special to Wesson News Pictured L to R: Owner Marla Weeks, Corley Sandifer of Wesson (esthetician who specializes in lashes), Skylar McDaniel of McComb (specializing in hair and nails) Stylists from Knockout Salon & Spa recently went to Dallas to learn the newest techniques and updates for Japanese Head Spa, a new service offered at 506 Highway 51 in Brookhaven.  “We can’t wait to start implementing all this new knowledge and upgraded experiences for you all. We truly had the best time together,” said Marlana Weeks of Brookhaven, salon and spa owner. “2026 is going to be our best year yet — I can feel it!” Japanese Head Spa is a rejuvenating ritual inspired by traditional Japanese scalp care. It’s more than a wash but is explained as a therapeutic experience for the scalp and mind.  Japanese Head Spa has numerous health benefits such as deep scalp cleansing, hair growth stimulation, stress relief & relaxation, scalp health improvement, mental clarity, and hair shine and softness.  Knockout will host a Little Girl’s Spa Party on Feb. 28 at 10 am. The event is $30 gives little girls the opportunity to enjoy a mini facial, mani/pedi, hair tinsel, hair wash and style, makeup, personalized gifts and more. To secure a spot, text  (601) 967-2624.  For all your beauty needs — whether it’s hair, a simple shampoo & style, spray tans, facials, nails, or permanent makeup, visit Knockout Salon & Spa. They will pamper you from head to toe!

By Bob Arnold          Steel Outdoors, a Wesson-based metal fabricator, is going back to its original  product emphasis under a new CEO after a two-year struggle to survive against increasing competition.         Brandon McLemore, son of Steel Outdoors founder Dwayne McLemore, is charting the company’s new course taking the corporate leadership reins from his father, who is now pursuing a career in the ministry.         The elder McLemore started Steel Outdoors in 2007 in a backyard truck trailer with his wife Pam, fabricating a product line oriented to hunters and outdoors enthusiasts, expanded into design and production of customized metal items for industrial companies and then moved into the housing market with metal roofing, siding and purlins.         From its initial operation, Steel Outdoors moved its facility to a 10,000 square foot utility building, and, in 2018, to a 55,000 square foot manufacturing and office building on Highway 51 in Wesson, where it envisioned growing its workforce to 50 to meet the needs of housing contractors.           “We never realized that lofty vision,” says Brandon McLemore.  “Housing contractors  varied in quality and reliability.  It was not a good market for us.  At the same time, fifteen metal fabricators now compete for our business compared to a handful when we started.  Two years ago, we cut the business to skin and bones, dropping our housing products line and reducing the workforce.  We now utilize half our 50,000 square foot building and lease the other half to another company.”         The new CEO, however, thinks the hard times are in the past, and foresees the workforce growing to 10 to 12, up from currently six employees.         He is now emphasizing the niche outdoors products his father started producing almost 20 years ago when he formulated the company’s slogan:  “100% American-made Steel Products made by hunters for hunters.”  Among its current products are shooting targets, feeders, deer hunting houses, special cut outs, hand rails and gates.          “We’re also still producing customized products for industry, designing and crafting metal products that provide solutions to problems such as safety guards and other parts for conveyors and pipelines,” says the younger McLemore.         He has made the company’s website shopper-friendly, and the first recent $3,000 online purchase seems to confirm that ecommerce is a sound marketing strategy.         Brandon McLemore quit Co-Lin to come to work for Steel Outdoors in 2009.  “I found college studies boring and wanted to work with my hands,” he explains.  When his father said he wanted to retire from the company, he readily volunteered to take it over.  “I had swept floors, done grinding and welding and started designing products.”  McLemore’s wife Jordan is the corporate secretary, and they have two sons, Bailen, 9, and Mathis, 7,  whom they homeschool at the company.

Special to Wesson News The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) has been made aware of contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters by filing claims on behalf of insureds. This practice is illegal in the State of Mississippi. Any contractor caught filing claims for insureds without a signed contract and proper licensure as a public adjuster will be referred to the Attorney General and/or Board of Contractors for legal action. If you are aware of illegal activity or need other storm-related assistance, contact the MID Consumer Services Division by phone at 1-800-562-2957 or 601-359-2453.  You can also email  consumer@mid.ms.gov Keep the following tips in mind when hiring contractors: Check if a contractor is licensed with the Mississippi State Board of Contractors,  https://www.msboc.us/   Be cautious of door-to-door or phone solicitations, especially after storms. These contractors often rely on high-pressure sales tactics and unlicensed labor. Never pay in full before work is completed. Don't feel pressured to sign or decide immediately—take time to review all documents. If materials must be purchased upfront, pay the supplier directly. Request at least three references and proof of required licenses, permits, insurance, and bonding.  Record the contractor's license plate and driver's license number. If you were impacted by Winter Storm Fern, file an insurance claim as soon as possible. Your policy may require that you make the notification within a certain time period. Be sure you cooperate fully with the insurance company. Ask what documents, forms, and data you will need to file a claim. Keep a record of all conversations with insurance companies, creditors or relief agencies. Once you begin working with an adjuster, ask them for an itemized explanation of the claim settlement offer. Be patient and assist claims adjusters assigned to your case. Small losses may be settled quickly; extensive claims will take longer. Save all receipts, including those from the temporary repairs covered by your insurance policy.

By Bob Arnold   Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce will speak at Wesson Chamber of Commerce banquet. Wesson is a growing, expanding affordable marketplace for Copiah County, and Wesson Chamber of Commerce’s (WCC) economic development activities support it by helping to make it a great place to live, raise kids and stay if you don’t want to leave, WCC President Teri Bath says.   Over the past three years since Bath assumed the leadership role in the organization, WCC’s membership has ballooned to 39 from ten, with monthly luncheons at varied venues about town that provide a setting for the discussion of local issues and to hear speakers who share information about topics ranging from budget and accounting practices to fraud protection and getting the most out of smart phone.   The Chamber’s next membership meeting on Monday, February 16, at the American Legion lodge will feature BankPlus security executive Dayle Alsbury.   Other WCC activities include:   Taco Tuesday launched this past years is a weekly outdoors event when the weather is good where locals can munch on tasty Mexican food made by vendors and connect with folk with products to sell and information to share.  Billed as a farmers’ market for growers on two to 80 acres to sell their produce, it’s also designed as a business incubator where artisans and other small home-based product and service providers can begin to build their businesses into organizations ready for permanent brick and mortar locations.  Wesson Lions Club and Decell Memorial United Methodist Church have also used the event to talk about their work in the community. In its early days, Taco Tuesdays has been regularly accommodating six vendors, including two area farmers who have been selling cabbage broccoli, collards and tomatoes and a vendor with natural health products, says Bath. Vendors pay a $20 fee that helps support WCC, seven percent tax on their sales that WCC collects for the Mississippi Department of Revenue.   While Taco Tuesdays is about nurturing Wesson business, WCC’s annual banquet , which is April 7 at the Co-Lin Thames Center, honors business and the wider Wesson community with an array of awards:  Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Not-for-profit Organization of the Year, Police Officer and Fire Fighter of the Year, Citizen of the Year and Educators of the Year (at Co-Lin and Wesson Attendance Center).  At the event, Grace Foam Solutions , an expanding business, Steel Outdoors , a business in transition with a new chief executive, two   other metal fabricators  within a five-mile radius of town, Destiny Delights , a home business that moved to a permanent commercial location where it will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 7, as organizations that will be celebrated as part of making Wesson an economic hub, Bath says. Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson will be guest speaker at the WCC April banquet.   Founders’ Day , on May 2 this year, is a WCC celebration of the Wesson community.  Vendors will be selling food, arts and crafts, fleas and other products.  Sharon Langley’s dancers will perform.  Proud dog owners will proudly show what their pets can do in the second annual Doggie Palooza, with more than the 10 performing in the event last year.  Fireworks will conclude the day.  It all will take place for the second year in and around the municipal park, where both kids and adults can frolic in the safety they didn’t enjoy when celebrants had to dodge Highway 51 traffic.   Bath praises the other WCC Board of Directors for their leadership:  Gerri Lynn Porter, vice president; Nikita Jackson, secretary; Pam Stamps, treasurer; Kristi Carney from Copiah Medical Center, Misti Sandifer from Taylor Legacy and Park Place Concessions, Rosie Twiner from Co-Lin and Stanley Martin from the Wesson Board of Aldermen.

Special to Wesson News The Copiah-Lincoln Community College Choir will perform in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at  the internationally renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City on Monday, May 25, 2026, marking a distinguished milestone in the history of the college’s choral program. Under the direction of Dr. Bobby G. Helms, Director of Choral Activities, the ensemble will present the world premiere of To Truly Love , a multi-movement composition by Sherry Blevins and Raphael Fusco. The performance will feature choirs from Mississippi and Texas in collaboration with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Reflecting on the invitation, Dr. Helms stated, “The opportunity to conduct at Carnegie Hall is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and to conduct a world premiere makes the occasion especially meaningful. It is both humbling and inspiring to stand in a venue that holds such a profound and distinguished musical legacy. I am deeply honored to share this experience with our Co-Lin students, alumni, faculty, and fellow choral ensembles from Mississippi and Texas.” The concert is presented by MidAmerica Productions and will also feature distinguished performing arts organizations, including the Mississippi Boychoir, Presbyterian Christian School of Hattiesburg, and First Baptist Church of Tyler, Texas. For more than four decades, MidAmerica Productions has presented conductors, soloists, and choral and orchestral ensembles from across the United States and internationally at New York City’s most prestigious venues. These include Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Weill Recital Hall, and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, as well as Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The organization has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to the advancement of contemporary music, presenting more than 100 world premieres, 40 United States premieres, and 125 New York premieres. This Carnegie Hall engagement represents a significant honor for Copiah-Lincoln Community College and underscores the excellence and continued growth of its choral program. Anyone wishing to donate to help make this trip and performance possible can contact Bobby G. Helms at bobby.helms@colin.edu .

SusanCox, CharlieAnn Carr, Alana Hughes, Jalynn McCallum, Kaitlyn Golman, Macy Lofton. Savannah Calcote, Anna Robinson The atmosphere at Milltown Salon & Spa  on February 12 was equal parts elegant and welcoming as guests gathered for the much-anticipated Bubbles and Beauty Party , an evening designed to celebrate self-care, style, and community connection. From the moment attendees walked through the doors, they were greeted with a festive setting where the sound of conversation and laughter filled the salon. Guests enjoyed a selection of complimentary food and sparkling refreshments, creating a relaxed environment that encouraged them to mingle, unwind, and fully experience everything the salon has to offer. One of the highlights of the evening was the opportunity to personally meet the talented team of hairdressers. Visitors were able to talk one-on-one with stylists, learn about services, discuss hair goals, and receive professional advice tailored to their individual needs. These conversations gave guests a behind-the-chair look at the creativity and expertise that define the salon’s approach to beauty and wellness. Throughout the event, attendees explored the space, discovered new treatments, and connected with others who share an appreciation for great hair, great style, and great company. The combination of beauty, bubbles, and personal interaction made the evening feel both luxurious and genuinely inviting. Events like the Bubbles and Beauty Party  reflect Milltown Salon & Spa’s commitment to more than just services—they showcase the salon as a place where relationships are built and clients feel at home. By opening its doors for a night of celebration and conversation, the salon created an experience that left guests feeling pampered, informed, and excited for their next visit. With its strong turnout and glowing response, the February 12 gathering proved to be a sparkling success and a memorable night for everyone who attended.

By Jessica Breazeale A prophetic psalm in Psalm 22:6 is often associated with the crucifixion states: “But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.”   I spent most of my life thinking this prophesy of Jesus was merely imagery that gave us a visual of the trauma he would endure. I thought, “maybe this is the lowest creature the psalmist could picture”. This worm is small and looks more like a grub. Dare I say it looks tasty like a berry? HAHA!   It wasn’t until recently that I discovered “the Scarlet Worm”. It’s known in Hebrew as “Tola’at”, and this word refers to a crimson worm known as a Kermes vermilio that actually leaves a red   stain   on the wood it’s clinging to as it’s dying.   Here’s the story of a mother crimson worm. When she’s ready to lay her eggs, she finds her way toward a specific type of oak tree. She then makes the difficult ascent up the side of the tree, knowing she will never come back down. She’s come here just for this  moment…to lay the eggs and give her offspring life.   Once she reaches her destination, she secures herself against the wood; her shell turns into a hard red shelter for three days of protection for her babies. As if that weren’t enough, she provides life for three days while her babies feed on her (wow) until she’s given herself to the death to her offspring. Her body produces a crimson dye that stains the tree and the children underneath her. The babies are now crimson worms for the rest of their lives. I had read the verse hundreds of times and never knew this. It really does go to show that the more you read your bible, the more you’ll discover and want to discover!   And after three more days, her dead body changes form. Her tail pulls into her head, forming a body shaped like a heart. The red stain remains on the wood, but it turns into a white, waxy substance, then disintegrates into white flakes that fall to the ground.   Is your mind absolutely blown by now? Mine is.   Can you think of any other wood that was stained?   The doorframe during Passover had a bloodstain across it to identify them so the angel of death would pass over the home of the Israelites, showing mercy from taking the home’s firstborn son during the exodus story.   The crucifixion cross was blood-stained. This was the fulfillment of everything. The worms were part of creation in Genesis, I’m sure. Now, the cross was the redemptive part of God’s story.   I am in AWE. I can’t even move forward at the current moment. Isn’t it amazing that our God took the body of a human (like a shell of a worm), walked amongst us, and yet He is more than a physical body. The worm only gives its blood for its children. The crimson color was its purpose  and identity .   It’s easy to think the worm is the lowest of all creatures, but in this case, she was the greatest. She gave all of herself to her bloodline. When we start studying, not just reading, but studying scriptures, we see the characteristics and life cycle of the Scarlet Worm and how tremendous truth is revealed. ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a 3,800-year-old piece of fabric dyed in a vivid scarlet hue deep within Israel’s Judean Desert.   Found in the  Cave of Skulls , this small textile fragment is believed to have been colored using dye from oak scale insects, a substance thought to be the “scarlet worm” referenced in the Bible.   The U.S. Sun Juliana Cruz Lima  , Foreign News Reporter Published: 10:47, 20 Oct 2024 The discovery gives unprecedented insights into ancient textile production and its links to priestly garments described in biblical texts. The dye would identify or set them apart. This identification mattered greatly back then. Naama Sukenik, curator of the Organic Material Collection at the Israel Antiquities Authority, explained the process behind the creation of the fabric’s scarlet color. “In ancient times, the dye was produced from female scale insects, which live on kermes oak trees,” she said. “Collecting these insects was a highly specialized process, done in a short window of time — one month each summer — when the amount of dye was at its peak.” This challenging process, combined with the rarity of the dye-producing insects, made scarlet (or crimson) an impressive, valuable and celebrated color back then. The “scarlet worm” is mentioned 25 times in biblical scripture, often alongside other prized colors like blue (tekhelet) and purple (argaman), which were similarly associated with wealth and status. The worm didn’t die in vain. The worm emitted even more purpose than it did before. Now this got me thinking… -          If even these worms were made to worship, so was I. -          If even these worms have a bigger purpose, so must I. See downloadable .pdf

Wesson News         Back in 2018, Travis Beasley and John Wade started B&W Fabrications, LLC in a back building with dirt floors on Browns Well Road near the Sylvarena Road truck stop to make extra money fabricating small metal parts for transformers manufactured by Hitachi Energy at Crystal Springs.         Last year, B&W started operating in half of the 55,000 square foot Steel Outdoors manufacturing building on Highway 51 in Wesson, where Beasley and Wade now serve four major clients with seven employees as president and vice president of a growing metal fabricating company.         It’s a story of quality and dependability, Beasley says.         “When we do work for someone, we will keep going back to the job until the client is satisfied,” says Beasley.  “When someone comes to us with a problem, we respond readily with a solution.”         Customers discovered B&W, but not overnight.         “It was slow-going over our first four years,” Beasley recalls.  “We worked at other jobs and did B&W work at night and our spare time.”         Three years ago, Beasley and Wade realized they had something more than a hobby that gave them extra spending money when they had to hire their first employee.  “Our original goal was to grow employment to four workers, but the calls and inquiries continued to increase, and we currently have a seven-person workforce,” says Beasley.         Beasley says B&W’s work is wide in scope, beginning with design to address varied problems followed by fabricating metals – cutting, grinding, welding – to create a product that solves the problems.  In the early days, B&W produced small equipment to solve small problems, with bigger projects, increasingly, becoming the thrust of the company’s work.   Early products were tables, while more recently they have produced and installed roof beams for HVAC units and industrial pallet racks.  B&W continues to produce parts for Hitachi transformers and has add roofing product line for buildings that Beasley says has a “nice look” vis a vis competitive product lines.   In addition to Hitachi Energy, B&W is now serving DG Foods, Bar S and Tennessee Rack.  These companies also different locations with different problems, creating more work for B&W.  Its Hitachi work has expanded to Richland, Mississippi, from Crystal Springs, and DG Foods Louisiana facility represents new growth potential.   B&W started in 18 x 25-foot building with dirt floors on Browns Well Road, moved to 50 x 60-foot building there that was too small it relocated to the building and took over the 27,000 square feet at the Wesson location.   At Wesson, B&W has modern a machine shop where it is installing a new state-of-the-art laser cutting machine, mill and press brake.

By Misty Strieff Prine “I don’t think outside of the box; I think of what I can do WITH the box.” – Unknown I have always been the type of person that looks for ways to do the most good with what the good Lord gave me verses thinking too far outside of the box that it overcomplicates and overwhelms me, ultimately making me not want to do it. We so often sell ourselves short on what we can achieve. We may not think we have much but, rest assured, God made us uniquely us and perfectly imperfect for a reason. We have a job to do in His Kingdom! We each were created to be unique and strategically placed EXACTLY where we need to be for a reason. We all have the ability to reach different types of people simply by being and staying true to ourselves. We all are guilty of wanting to “be” like someone else at some point in our lives, but we need to realize how special we are and embrace the gifts God gives each of us individually. So don’t think too far outside the box. Look at all the good “your box” can do. God made you...YOU...for a reason! Embrace it. Run with it. LIVE it. Each of us have a purpose, a GOD GIVEN purpose at that, and with that comes unique talents and abilities that He knows only we are qualified to pass on to certain people that He has already planned to cross our paths. Remember, God already has our paths planned out. Nothing is by accident! So, embrace the life God gave you and know that He is in every second and every minute of every day with you. Embrace who you are and let God lead you in the life you’ve been given!

By Bob Garver Poster credit IMDB On the weekend of the biggest football game of the year, it was only natural that I saw a movie about basketball. Or rather “Roarball,” as the anthropomorphic animal characters call it – but it’s basketball. When he was just a kid (pun intended), young goat Will (Caleb McLaughlin) went to Roarball games to root for his hometown Vineland Thorns and cheer on his favorite player: panther Jett Fillmore (Gabrielle Union). Will’s mother (Jennifer Hudson) encouraged him to dream big, and he dreamed to be as big a Roarball player as Jett. Ten years later, Will is a struggling delivery boy, his mother has passed, Jett has never won the league’s championship, and the Thorns’ warthog owner (Jenifer Lewis) is too busy with mud baths to make any effort to improve the roster. Will can’t make a career for himself because he’s too obsessed with Roarball. And he can’t get ahead in Roarball because he’s too small. Actually, he’s more of a “medium” in a world that includes rodents and such, but every high-profile player is bigger than him, so he’s considered “small.” He answers an open challenge for a one-on-one game to three points laid out by visiting superstar Mane Attraction (Aaron Pierre), and the horse beats him 3-2, but everyone in Vineland is impressed that he was able to score two points Yes, his star rises because a heavily-memed video of his performance “goes viral.” Against the wishes of Jett, who wants a proper teammate for what will likely be her final season, he’s signed to the Thorns. Teammates on the Thorns include paternal pachyderm Archie (David Harbour), aging giraffe Lenny (Stephen Curry), self-doubting ostrich Olivia (Nicola Coughlin), and out-of-his-mind Komodo Dragon Modo (Nick Kroll), as well as put-upon monkey coach Dennis (Patton Oswalt). It’s not hard to see why the team is in last place, with all the neuroses in play, compounded by Jett’s constant frustration. At this rate the team will be out of contention before Will can even come off the bench. Despite a rocky start, Will soon proves himself useful, able to slip between large, lumbering players and make long-shots from far-off places on the court. Aside from his playing, his optimism is infectious, both with the fans, who drive up ticket sales, and his teammates, who start playing better with his inspiration. Even sour (literal) puss Jett has some of her best days in years around him. Then there’s an ugly chapter where business gets in the way and egos affect morale (every sports movie has one) and the team basically breaks up, but of course everybody rallies and puts in their best efforts for the big final game against Mane Attraction’s team. So the story isn’t going to redefine any (figurative, this time) playbooks. So the humor can be obnoxious at times with all the self-aggrandizing characters. So it’s obvious that the movie was written around the lazy premise of an athlete wanting to be the Greatest Of All Time… and he’s an actual goat. The movie is still a delight at a time when delightful movies are in short supply. Its biggest strength is its rapid-fire gag delivery, even if a joke misses, you can be as sure as there’s at least one played out screaming goat gag in this movie that there’s another one right around the corner. “GOAT” isn’t what I would call a “great” animated offering, but it’s not ba-a-a-a-a-ad. Apologies. Grade: B- “GOAT” is rated PG for some rude humor and brief mild language. Its running time is 100 minutes. Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu .

Special to Wesson News   Following one of its best seasons in history with a 34-25 record and a 13-9 loss in its Region 23 pod championship game to the East Central Warriors, the Co-Lin baseball Wolves have high expectations under a new coach for the 2026 season that started this month.   "I have the best group of guys to start this job, especially with a lot of them returning,” says Kyle Flessner, who moved up to head coach from assistant coach.  "Our guys have to keep the same chip on their shoulder that they had last season.  Last year we had a lot of young guys who wanted to go out and prove to people that they belonged.  Now they have to go out with the understanding that no one is going to hand us wins because of what we did last year.  As far as possibilities with this team, I think it is very possible for us to go further than we did last season if we bring the same attitude and energy for every game." The roster features 32 players for the Wolves with 18 players that have experience under their belt from last season (17 sophomores including 14 returners and one transfer along with three redshirt freshmen) along with 15 incoming freshmen. The 14 returners include  Trey Davidson ,  Caleb Brooks , and  Nash Sturdivant  from Brandon via Northwest Rankin and the one transfer sophomore, a former teammate of that trio,  Bryson Jones , who played last season at Jones. Other returners include  Avery Griffin  (Brookhaven),  Evan Holifield  (Stringer),  Bradley Hanlon  (Monroe, LA),  Brady White  (Ethel),  Cameron Patterson  (Central, LA),  Caleb Flynn  (Laurel),  Jennings Kimbrell  (Flowood),  Donovan Moore  (Roxie),  Cohen Weinhofer  (Ocean Springs),  Tanner Blackwell  (Flora), and  Jacob Buffalo  (Foxworth) while the three redshirt freshmen are  Brayden Cooley  (Flora),  Parker Ishee  (Ridgeland), and  Wes White  (Flowood). The 14 freshmen for the Wolves include  Hayes Hebert  (Lafayette, LA),  Jacob Chancelor  (Brandon),  John Mark Grissom  (Pearl),  Kade Walker  (Magee),  Bryson Bey  (Ellisville),  Lucian Walker  (Starkville),  Bryan Travis  (Gulfport),  MT Breland  (Columbia),  Matthew Combs  (Hurley)  Cam Murphy  (Brandon),  Akavion Griffith  (Magee),  Ty Blakeney  (Taylorsville),  Drake Frasier  (Waynesboro), and  Kagen Semmes  (Crowley, LA). One group that will standout for the Wolves this season is the pitching staff which features four arms that accounted for 23 of the 34 wins last season in  Jennings Kimbrell , who tied for the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) regular season lead in wins;  Cohen Weinhofer ,  Cameron Patterson  and  Tanner Blackwell  along with  Parker Ishee  and  Wes White , who had five combined wins before missing all of MACCC play last season due to an injury, and  Nash Sturdivant  who had nine saves. "When I was the pitching coach at East Central we had some really great staffs there and I think my experiences with that will be beneficial to us in this situation," says Flessner. "I think having this many guys is a great problem to have because it allows us to keep our guys fresher throughout the season and in postseason play.” One area of the game that the Wolves will have to answer some questions about is in the outfield losing two out of three players from last year's team, but Flessner likes what he has seen out of that group. " Donovan Moore  has been the most effective hitting outfielder we have,” says Flessner.  " Caleb Brooks  is a player that you can tell just has a year of experience under his belt after what was an already successful freshman season, while  Bryson Jones  is someone that I think will thrive in the outfield for us.” Flessner says the ultimate goal for the season is to get to the national tournament. "I've told our guys that there's one trophy at the end of the year that everybody wants, and if you're not trying for that, then you're never going to get there, “ he says.  “I told them to focus on being able to control what we can.  If I can look at our guys at the end of the season and tell them we did everything we could and there's not anything we could've done differently, then that will be successful to me. The result will take care of itself if we handle all those little things."

Volunteers gather for a, outside group photo on the state capitol steps On World Cancer Day, Mississippi ACS CAN ( American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network) turned advocacy into action. During Cancer Action Day on February 4, advocates gathered with state leaders for a breakfast and press conference to emphasize the importance of expanding access to biomarker testing. This testing helps ensure patients receive the right treatment at the right time, and policy plays a vital role in making that access possible. ACS CAN volunteers meet with legislators at the state capitol and pictured are Joyce Foreman of Georgetown; Marlene Dickson of Georgetown; Rep. Becky Currie of Brookhaven; Kim Whittington of Wesson; Jimmy Dickson of Georgetown inside group photo