We got to see the Braves play the (St. Louis) Cardinals the Sunday we got down there. That was a real treat.

It's going to be a great atmosphere. Petal always has a good crowd, and I hope we can get a lot of our people out there. We're excited about it.

We've got a couple of seniors who are three-year starters who are giving us leadership, but we're still very young. I think we can make the playoffs if we keep getting a little better each game.

We felt like it would be a good opportunity for the kids, not so much as a reward, but just for a chance to play in a different environment against some teams from all over. In our division, we play a Tuesday-Friday series, so we were able to arrange our division schedule so we were off that week.

There are a lot of them in every county. They are such an important part of the past and the present. I often think a community that doesn't take care of its dead wouldn't be a good place to live. They may be the only vestiges left of a community begun during, say, the Reconstruction period.

This is a concern. Over the years as the area has been growing, we have had a lot of people call us saying they're concerned because they know there is a family cemetery out there on a piece of land, and people are out there bulldozing because it is being developed.