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Junior Auxiliary Does Great Work
Published: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:02 AM CST
The 51st edition of the Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood�s Cotton Ball was a tremendous success, thanks to the hard work and support of a huge number of people.
It is an amazing testament to the giving nature of this community and the esteem to which the Junior Auxiliary is held to see just how many individuals and businesses support this annual fund-raiser.
The Cotton Ball�s printed program is filled with pages and pages of the names of organizations and people who gave financially to this year�s event � either as corporate sponsors, as patrons, as silent auction contributors or as donors in other ways.
All of this effort, of course, begins with the ladies of the Junior Auxiliary, who volunteer countless hours to this civic organization. Their hard work and creativity was thoroughly on display Saturday evening at the gorgeously decorated Leflore County Civic Center. The Cotton Ball, while a lot of fun for those who attend, is a mammoth undertaking for those who put it together.
If the Cotton Ball were all that the Junior Auxiliary did, their members� devotion would be commendable. The event is really, though, just the beginning. The funds raised from the Cotton Ball -- usually tens of thousands of dollars every year -- support all the charitable work they do, most of it geared toward children.
The Junior Auxiliary provides the schools with clothing for underprivileged students, lifts the spirits of children who are hospitalized, runs a summer reading program and educates teens about the dangers of drugs and driving under the influence. It has funded new playground and hospital equipment. It awards thousands of dollars in college scholarships annually. Basically, wherever the Junior Auxiliary sees a need involving children, it tries to respond.
Junior Auxiliary truly is a wonderful organization. Greenwood should be proud of it.
Greenwood blessed by Junior Auxiliary
06/05/2007
If a community organization needs a friend, there's probably none better to have than the Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood.
Last week, the Junior Auxiliary formally presented Greenwood Leflore Hospital with a $50,000 contribution for its pediatric wing. The money is being used to purchase equipment, such as new crash carts and cribs, that will help the hospital's doctors and nurses provide the best care to its youngest patients.
This is not the first time the hospital has been a recipient of the Junior Auxiliary's beneficence. Generations of Junior Auxiliary ladies have raised money or volunteered their time to assist the hospital - not to mention a lot of other child-centered causes in this community.
The $50,000 donation was a special gift to mark the 50th anniversary of Junior Auxiliary's Cotton Ball, its annual fundraiser.
The ladies of the Junior Auxiliary are a wonderful catalyst for good in this community. They lead by example, running programs, for instance, that clothe children who are needy, cheer up those who are hospitalized, motivate young students to read, and steer teenagers away from drugs, alcohol abuse and other destructive lifestyle choices. The Junior Auxiliary is also effective in persuading businesses and individuals to financially support its efforts and the major capital project the organization bankrolls each year.
The Junior Auxiliary truly makes a difference.
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Junior Auxiliary donates almost 500 books to Threadgill library
By: Amy McCullough, Staff Writer 04/06/2007
New Junior Auxiliary members delivered approximately 500 books they had collected and purchased to librarian Ginevera Sims at Threadgill Elementary School on Thursday. The donation was part of National JA Week. From the left are Kristen Trusty, Sims, Etta Strickland, Robyn Jones, Amy Springfield, Andrea Long and Jami Truitt.
The new class of the Greenwood Junior Auxiliary donated nearly 500 books to the Threadgill Elementary School library on Thursday.
"We thank the Junior Auxiliary for all their efforts in securing books for Threadgill Elementary School," said librarian Ginevera Sims. "We hope they won't hesitate to call us if we can do anything for them in the future. We are going to use the books to the best of our ability and ensure the children take care of them."
Each year's new JA class is charged with developing and completing a project to benefit Leflore County on a $1,000 budget within six months. Since JA often emphasizes children, this year's class chose to do something related to education.
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"When we were thinking about education, reading came to mind as the key skill needed for academic success and also for self-esteem," said JA member Robyn Jones.
Also, they chose to pick a school where the organization did not have any ongoing projects.
The class spent $200 on advertising their book drive, which they called Finder's Keepers. Local businesses volunteered to hold drop-off boxes for the books.
Books were collected March 1-15.
"I was really proud of this year's class when I heard they collected 500 books in the short amount of time they had," said JA president Shelbi Lamb.
"We were pleased to have such a wonderful turnout from the community," Jones said.
After collection, the group used the remainder of its budget to purchase books from the school's wish list. The list included everything from dictionaries to award-winning children's books, art books and entertaining math books, Jones said.
JA is appreciative of the local businesses who assisted in the book collection, Jones said.
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The 2007 Junior Auxiliary Charity Cotton Ball Royalty
02/25/2007
Katherine Ryan Kimmel and William Powell Litton were crowned the Queen and King of Cotton for 2007 Saturday night at the 50th annual Junior Auxiliary Charity Cotton Ball held at the Leflore County Civic Center.
Cheers from the celebrating crowd accompanied Queen Katherine and King Bill on their royal walk up the center aisle to take their places on stage with past royalty, the 2007 Cotton Maids and the Children's Court.
Queen Katherine Ryan Kimmel
Katherine Ryan Kimmel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Anthony Kimmel of Greenwood. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Eugene Graham Gammill, Mr. David Conrad Branham, Jr. and Mrs. Smith Kimmel, all of Greenwood, and of Mr. Frank Stewart Kimmel, Jr. of Houston.
Katherine and her family have been committed to the Junior Auxiliary, to the community and to all aspects of the cotton industry for many generations.
Katherine's mother, Memrie, is a life member of the Greenwood Junior Auxiliary. Katherine served as president of the Junior Auxiliary Crown Club and her sister, Hollis, is a current member of the organization. She and her sister both participated in the Cotton Ball Children's Court in 1999 when their grandfather, David Branham, was presented as the Cotton Ball King. Katherine was also a maid in the 2004 Cotton Ball Court.
In 1938, her maternal great-great-grandfather, Hugh Lawson Gary, and a few partners purchased Wildwood Plantation in Money. Mr. Gary was a founding member and past president of the Delta Cotton Council as well as a founding member of the National Cotton Council. Today, Wildwood Plantation is farmed largely by Mr. Gary's grandson, Tom James Gary, Jr., who is currently serving as president of the Delta Cotton Council.
Katherine's maternal grandfather, David Conrad Branham, Jr., founded Itta Bena Plantation in the late 1950's and was named Outstanding Young Farmer of Leflore County in 1968. In vying for the state title, he was bested only by his future son-in-law's father, Stewart Kimmel.
Katherine's paternal grandfather, Frank Stewart Kimmel, Jr., founded Kimmel Farms in Chickasaw County in the mid 1960's. After being named Chickasaw County's Outstanding Farmer of the Year in 1968, he went on to win the state and national title.
In addition to her family's farming interests in Mississippi, Katherine's family is also involved in the agricultural aviation industry. Both of her grandfathers started two of the first agricultural flying services in their respective areas: Kimmel Aviation in Chickasaw County and Dixie Dusters in Itta Bena. Kimmel Aviation grew to include a sales division of agricultural aircraft. This drew Katherine's paternal grandmother, Dorothy Smith Kimmel, to start an agricultural aviation insurance business which she still operates today with her son, Frank Stewart Kimmel, III, insuring aircrafts nationwide.
Katherine's father Mark Anthony Kimmel, began farming in 1986. He has carried on the farming and flying business started by David Branham in Itta Bena. He has also received two Outstanding Farmer of the Year awards.
After a distinguished academic career at Pillow Academy, Katherine accepted early admittance to the University of Mississippi in 2003 along with several scholarships including the Mississippi Eminent Scholar's Grant and the Academic Excellence award. Currently a senior at Ole Miss, she is pursuing a double major in English and Political Science and will receive her bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts this May.
Katherine is a member of Chi Omega sorority at Ole Miss and remains an active member of the community here in Greenwood. She has worked at the Mississippi Gift Company for five years and has managed the store's website during her summer and winter holidays. Katherine is also an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwood where she participates in the annual Singing Christmas Tree, Vacation Bible School and various mission trips sponsored by the church.
King William Powell Litton
King Bill was born in New Hampshire during his father's military appointment but soon overcame his Yankee birth to become the fine southern gentleman that he is today.
His father, Colonel William Powell Litton, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, met and married his mother, Willette, while stationed in Texas during World War II.
At the conclusion of the war, Colonel and Mrs. Litton returned to the Mississippi Delta where, along with Bill's grandfather, William Elihu Litton, family members maintained farming interests in Shaw, Benoit and Litton. Bill spent his early years in these farming communities and continues to be involved with the administration of the family land.
After the death of Colonel Litton over the Sea of Japan in the Korean conflict, King Bill moved to Greenwood with his family and attended Greenwood Public Schools. Bill graduated from Greenwood High School and attended the University of Mississippi where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 1971. At Ole Miss, Bill was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He furthered his education at Mississippi State University, where he studied agriculture.
King Bill married the former Ann Gerard Wade, and joined Wade, Inc. under the mentorship of his father-in-law, the late George Kennan Wade. Wade, Inc., formed in 1909, is approaching its 100th year of service to farmers in the Mississippi Delta.
Mr. Litton currently serves as Preisdent of Wade, Inc., where he has expanded the company from its former three locations to seven. His two sons, William Powell Litton, III and Wade Kennan Litton have joined their father in the business.
King Bill serves as director of the Bank of Commerce and vice president of Delta Council. He is the former director of Henderson and Baird Hardware Company and of Mid-South Equipment Association, and the former chairman of the Greenwood Utility Commission.
King Bill has served as director of the Greenwood Leflore Chamber of Commerce, the director of the Mississippi Economic Council, director of Greenwood Country Club, and trustee of the John Deere Dealer Group Insurance Trust.
He is now on the John Deere Dealer Advisory Council representing dealers in 8 southeastern states. He is also a past president of Greenwood Kiwanis Club, past president of the Greenwood Leflore County Farmer's Club and is currently serving on Pillow Academy's Endowment Board.
King Bill has been involved in the Boy Scouts of America and is a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
King Bill's love of the land and its abundant wildlife is demonstrated by his participation in founding one of the Delta's premier hunting camps, Backwater Brake Timber Company, where he continues to pass on the love of the land to his sons and grandsons.
King Bill and his wife, Ann, have three children, Powell, Wade, who is married to the former Meagan McDougal, and Gerard, who is married to Chad Mohamed.
Daughter Gerard served as a Cotton Ball Maid in 1993 and was the queen of the 1996 Cotton Ball. She and her husband, Chad, have four children and continue the Delta tradition as a fourth generation farmer in Humphreys County.
King Bill and his wife, Ann's, families have strong ties to the Cotton Ball. King Bill's sister Hesta Litton Spessard, served as the Cotton Ball Queen in 1965; Ann's father, George Kennan Wade, was Cotton Ball King in 1972 and her mother, Martha Gilbert Wade, was president of the Junior Auxiliary in 1952.
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Jr. Auxiliary Donates $50K to Pediatric Wing
By: Amy McCullough, Staff Writer 01/04/2007
The Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood is donating $50,000 of the proceeds from its Annual Charity Cotton Ball in February to the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Foundation for new pediatric equipment.
For the ball's 50th anniversary, the Junior Auxiliary decided to do something special and "go big" with one donation to the hospital, said Emily Gnemi, Cotton Ball Committee co-chairman.
The hospital gave the auxiliary a list of equipment they could use for the pediatric wing and the auxiliary chose several pieces that added up to $50,000.
The organization decided to purchase four new pediatric crash carts, three new pediatric cribs and two new newborn cribs.
The organization has a history of donating to the hospital, said Shannon Melton, Greenwood Leflore Hospital's communications and marketing director.
Wheelchairs, televisions, VCRs and toys are items that have previously been given to the pediatric wing.
Gnemi said the organization participates in various projects throughout the year that benefit children, but donating directly to the hospital is unique. "This way it benefits all the children of Leflore County," she said.
The hospital currently has several pediatric crash carts, but newer models have medicine color-coded by age and weight, making treatment easier and quicker, said Christine Hemphill, director of the Greenwood Leflore Hospital Foundation.
These carts can be placed anywhere in the hospital, making it easier for those who may not normally treat children to do so. The new crash carts cost $6,000 each.
The three new cribs to be purchased by the auxiliary cost $7,000 each and will be easy to roll and maneuver. Older cribs are bulky, requiring the patient to be moved into a wheelchair to get to another part of the hospital. The new cribs also accommodate an oxygen cylinder, Hemphill said.
Two newborn cribs that cost $2,500 each will replace the oldest cribs at the hospital.
Those at Greenwood Leflore Hospital are appreciative of the auxiliary's donation to assist them in the care of the community's pediatric patients.
"What we're doing is to make a child's stay as pleasant as possible," Hemphill said.
The Cotton Ball raises funds through ticket sales, a live auction, a silent auction and a raffle. Auction items include artwork, jewelry, furniture and more. This year's raffle is an Ultimate Viking Culinary Package worth $3,250.
The event is Feb. 24. Tickets are $5 each, and may be purchased from any auxiliary member.
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Junior Auxiliary collecting coats for children
By: Bob Darden, Staff Writer 11/02/2006
With temperatures dropping across the Delta, the Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood is determined to provide a good, durable winter coat to every low-income child who needs one.
That's the purpose behind the auxiliary's Coats for Tots campaign, which started Wednesday.
The drive will conclude on Saturday, Nov. 18.
This year, the Junior Auxiliary has teamed with Greenwood's Sonic Drive-In and Fresh Laundry to get coats to the kids, said Shelbi Lamb, president of auxiliary.
The auxiliary, which has 60 members, has worked to improve the lives of young people on several fronts through the years.
One program that's being actively pursued is the Clothing Corner, which helps to supply low-income children enrolled in schools in Leflore County with good, clean used clothing.
This year, Lamb said, the auxiliary has received a lot of requests for coats from guidance counselors at the schools
Tommy McCrory, manager of Sonic, said the collaboration between the auxiliary and the drive-in has paid off in the past. "We've been partnering with them for about 10 years now. I think, the year before last, we collected something like 450 coats," he said.
Adam Gnemi, manager of Fresh Laundry, has promised to clean each donated coat at no cost. Once the coats are cleaned, auxiliary members will issue them to the guidance counselors for distribution to the kids.
Lamb said any coat in good condition in both children's and adult's sizes can be placed in the donation box located near the Sonic's kitchen building. Each day, Lamb will collect the donations.
McCrory said he's seen people even donate brand new coats.
"You'll have folks go to Penney's and buy a coat and actually drop it off. It's brand new. It still has the tag on it," he said.
Lamb said Coats for Tots is one of about 12 service projects the auxiliary does each year.
"In the summer, we do the Bucks for Books program. Right now, we're doing Puppet Pals. We do a puppet show." The anti-violence program is designed to help first-graders. Puppet Pals will next be performed at St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School on Monday, she said.
Kim McNeer, chairman of the auxiliary's Clothing Corner, said the Coats for Tots drive could not take place without businesses such as Sonic and Fresh Laundry.
"Thanks to Sonic and Fresh Laundry many children will have good coats this winter," she said.
For more information on the Coats for Tots campaign, call Shelbi Lamb at 451-5484.
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Junior Auxiliary thankful for Cotton Ball support
02/26/2006
The Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood would like to express our deepest appreciation to the citizens of Leflore County and the surrounding area for the support and patronage we received for Cotton Ball 2006. This annual event is our sole fundraiser that supports our 11 various service projects. With the overwhelming support of the local residents, Junior Auxiliary is able to use these funds in order to make a difference in the lives of children in our community.
Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood handles so many areas of need in our community, which we are so proud to be able to support. We provide supplies and open the Pediatric Playroom at Greenwood Leflore Hospital each week to give the children on the pediatric floor a chance to play and "be a child" while in the hospital. We provide clothing and other items to area children whose names are given to us by the school counselors through our Clothing Corner/Outreach program. Through "Too Good for Drugs," we are able to make sixth-graders aware of the problems associated with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Also, we teach "Too Good for Violence" to fourth-graders and help them understand how violence harms so many people today.
We give ninth- and tenth-graders a look at the "real world" through Reality Check. This project teaches children how to manage money and understand common expenses in order to be able to budget and organize their personal accounts.
Our book reading program, Bucks for Books, is held each summer at the Greenwood-Leflore Public Library. This project encourages children to make reading a priority. Through our Puppet Pals program, we teach first-graders how to detect child lures. Our S.T.A.R.S. program allows us the opportunity to build meaningful relationships and mentor children.
High school girls receive an understanding of the importance of volunteering and community service through our Crown Club program. We also host and coordinate a mock crash scene in an effort to encourage local youth not to drink and drive through our 3D (Drink, Drive, Die) program. We are extremely proud to be able to award $19,000 in college funds to area seniors and graduate students through our scholarship program.
Junior Auxiliary is proud to be able to provide all of these wonderful programs to the children in our area. We definitely feel we continue to make a huge difference and have impacted so many children throughout the years.
As a result of your support of this year's Cotton Ball, we are excited to be able to donate funds to help the Girls and Boys Club of Greenwood, Young Life of Greenwood and Interfaith Ministries, which all serve the children of Leflore County.
The ladies of Junior Auxiliary put forth so much of their time and effort in making Cotton Ball a huge success. This year, with your generous contributions, we have grossed over $92,000 to be used in servicing the outstanding children in our community.
On behalf of the ladies of Junior Auxiliary, I would like to thank everyone who participated in any way to make this year's Cotton Ball the most successful in recent years. Again, we could not serve the children of Leflore County and contribute to the betterment of this community without your support.
Beth Kittle
President
Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood
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2006 Junior Auxiliary Charity Cotton Ball
By Amy Collins, For the Commonwealth 02/20/2006
Ann Carter Thomas, left, and George Dexter Walcott, both of Greenwood, proceed to the stage and their court after being crowned king and queen of the Junior Auxiliary Charity Cotton Ball Saturday night at the Leflore County Civic Center. The annual event raises money to fund Junior Auxiliary charitable projects, which are aimed at assisting children and families. Queen Carter, the daughter of Mrs. William Preston Thomas and the late Mr. Thomas, is a junior at the University of Mississippi, and King Dexter is a cotton producer.
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Spend an evening with Junior Auxiliary under the 'Big Top'
By: Jo Alice Hughes, Lifestyles Editor 02/05/2006
Sonya Milner, left, and Emily Gnemi are co-chairs of the 2006 Junior Auxiliary Charity Cotton Ball, as well as finance co-chairs of the ball.
Event funds organization's service projects
The Junior Auxiliary of Greenwood invites everyone to spend an evening "Under the Big Top" starting at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the Leflore County Civic Center.
The event includes a patrons party, silent and live auctions, the introduction of the Children's Court of Cotton, the announcement of the Cotton Ball King, Queen and Maids, and dancing into the wee hours to musical entertainment provided by Dr. Zarr's Amazing Funk Monsters.
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As a special treat, longtime Greenwood resident Janice Moor is returning from her new home in Nashville, Tenn., to emcee the event.
The Junior Auxiliary's annual Charity Cotton Ball is the organization's only fund-raiser, and its proceeds support 10 major community service projects undertaken by the members:
-- Too Good for Drugs
-- Too Good for Violence
-- Bucks for Books
-- STARS (Studying Together And Receiving Smiles)
-- Scholarship program
-- Clothing Corner
-- Crown Club
-- Pediatric Playroom
-- Puppet Pals
-- 3D: Drink, Drive, Die
Junior Auxiliary members are required to complete at least 72 hours of work for the organization each year, spread among community service, education, finance project and administrative work. Members commit to six years of active service with Junior Auxiliary.
According to Sonya Milner, finance co-chairman and co-chairman of this year's Cotton Ball, the Greenwood chapter of Junior Auxiliary logged about 6,000 hours of work in the community last year.
The service projects emphasize education and child development.
"These projects are worked in the schools of Leflore County, both public and private," said Milner. "We try our hardest to reach out to every child in Leflore County."
Projects completed with the proceeds from the 2005 Cotton Ball include:
-- Buying wheel chairs for Greenwood Leflore Hospital
-- Buying benches for city parks, which encouraged the city to apply for grants to install matching trash cans
-- Painting the children's area of the Greenwood-Leflore Public Library and donating media equipment
-- Buying playground equipment for a city park and an elementary school
-- Buying safety nets for the ball parks at Stribling Park to keep the players and spectators safe
-- Donating soccer balls and equipment to St. Francis of Assisi School so the school could start a soccer program
The service projects would not be possible without the proceeds from the Cotton Ball each year.
Tickets are $60, $50 and $40 for table seating, which includes admission to the patrons party. General admission is $30, and those tickets are available at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 451-1700.
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Junior Auxiliary's 'Bucks for Books' starts soon
By: Jo Alice Hughes, Lifestyles Editor 06/20/2004
Hmmm. A program that pays money to kids for reading books during the summer. That has to be the best of at least a couple of worlds.
The Greenwood Junior Auxiliary is sponsoring Bucks for Books this summer, as it has for nearly 10 summers.
Sonya Milner, co-chairman of the program with Kristy Bariola, said, "The program was initiated by Pat Fordice when she was Mississippi's first lady. It encourages elementary school-aged children to read by using monetary incentives.
"After a summer of reading, the children are ready to enter school with minds that have not been stagnant, but stimulated all summer," Milner added.
The program is for children in the first through the sixth grades. Registration is from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. July 2 at the Greenwood-Leflore Public Library on West Washington Avenue and at the Jodie Wilson Branch Library on Stone Street.
"Children can check out books when they register," Milner said, "and we'll start taking reports on July 7."
Children in the first through the third grades earn $1 per book read; those in the fourth through the sixth grades earn $2 per book.
Participants are allowed to report on up to five books per day. Reporting can be done at either branch of the library on Mondays from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m. or on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. till noon.
The issue of the wisdom of paying a child to read a book comes up every year, Milner noted. But the program can be justified in that it can introduce a child to books who might not otherwise be interested. Once that child is "hooked" on reading, the pleasure of reading becomes the incentive.
"That's worth a buck a book," Milner said.
In addition to supporting the Bucks for Books program in Greenwood, the Junior Auxiliary this year has directed a portion of the proceeds from its annual fund-raising project, the Cotton Ball, to have the children's section of each library branch redecorated.
The walls have been painted in colorful, stimulating, kid-friendly murals created by local artist Angie Crick, also a Junior Auxiliary member.
"We donated the murals and the rugs for the children's floor," said Milner, "and a TV-DVD-VCR, with a cart, and resource materials in tapes and CDs for both branches."
The total donation amounts to about $5,000, Milner said.
Past projects funded by the Junior Auxiliary's Cotton Ball proceeds include park benches in Clerico, Little Red and Wagner parks and the donation of 50 wheel chairs to the Greenwood Leflore Hospital.
Next year's Cotton Ball has been scheduled for February 19.
The 2004 Bucks for Books program runs through July 23.
On July 26, the Junior Auxiliary will treat the participants to a pizza party, where they will award the money the children have earned and certificates that proclaim the children's accomplishments.
"We're so excited to get the word out about the Bucks for Books program," Milner said. "We can't wait for it to get started!"
In the photo above, gearing up for Bucks for Books this summer are, from left, Junior Auxiliary member Lisa Melton, Mary Hooper Mason, who will start the fourth grade this fall; Dayjounque Wilson, first grade; Ashley Milner, fifth grade; Christina Mason, second grade; Gajuan Wilson, third grade; Brandon Milner, sixth grade; and Sonya Milner, co-chairman of the 2004 Bucks for Books program and mother of Ashley and Brandon.
The group is lined up in front of a portion of the newly painted mural in the children's section of the Greenwood-Leflore Public Library's main branch.
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