Just Among Friends
For the second year in a row, Isaiah Autry has received an invitation to attend the NBC Sports National Combine. He attended in 2022 and is looking forward to participating in the 2023 event which will be held on Thursday, January 5th to Saturday, January 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Isaiah is a student at Itawamba High School where he plays on the Itawamba Indians football team. He is a former resident of Philadelphia and a Tornado. His proud parents are Marcus and Pashen Thompson Dent, Sr. His grandmother, Ruby Jean Thompson-Brazzle is his most avid fan and lives in Philadelphia.
Congratulations to this talented young man who has received offers from multiple colleges and universities all over the United States. He is not only an outstanding football player, but he is also academically talented!
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Thanksgiving holidays mark the beginning of an annual tradition for Mack and Sherry Alford. They eagerly await the arrival of their daughter, Jennifer Alford Walker, and her husband, Glen Walker, with their children, Emily, Joseph, and Grace, to begin cooking molasses at the Alford Syrup Mill on Fork Road.
Mack plants the sugar cane in the spring and tends to it all summer until fall when it is ripe and ready to cut. The molasses making process is fascinating to watch, from the grinding of the cane using a tractor, to boiling the juice in a huge cauldron over an open fire in a brick fire pit, down to pouring the molasses into sterilized jars and capping them. The sweet aroma of molasses permeates the air and makes ones mouth water. The green juice boils and bubbles merrily over the hot flames and gradually turns into brown molasses.
The syrup mill is clean and quiet, waiting for the next round of molasses cooking, but the Walkers will be back in Macon after their week in Mississippi, looking forward to their return at Christmas!
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Next fall, Mary Montgomery Mars will be a member of the Wolfpack at Copiah-Lincoln Community College! She signed with the college to play tennis on the Co-Lin team. Her family, including her grandfather, Daniel Mars, grandmother, Cheryl Newell Mars, and her dad, Adam Mars and soon -to- be stepmother, Brooke Ishee were present to witness her signing. Congratulations!
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Brian and Lydia Whitaker Berry would like to introduce their newest grandchild, Nolan Archer Engle who arrived last Monday! His parents are Tiffany and Rian Engle. Congratulations!
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Neshoba Central Alum, Jarquez Hunter, led in rushing attack with 11 carries and 134 Total Yards during the Iron Bowl game between Auburn and Alabama last weekend. Although Jarquez's Tigers did not win, he played anb exceptional game. So proud of him!