Loading up for 2003
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Larry Conrad of Redwood heads toward the checkout counter at Vicksburg Fireworks on U.S. 61 North this morning with $30 worth of fireworks as Taylor Deckard browses over the display in background. The National Weather Service was predicting rain for the evening and night, some of it heavy until about midnight, when the world welcomes 2003. (The Vicksburg Post/Melanie Duncan)