Workers apply the finishing touches to the Playground at Catfish Row last week, preparing the area on Mulberry Street for children beginning Monday. The playground, just east of the Splash Fountail at Catfish Row and sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg, was built by JA members and community volunteers under the supervision of contractors in April. Pouring on and pressing down recycled rubber for the playground’s flooring are Morris Maldonado, left, Lalo Pedroza, center, and Jeremy Ruiz. JA playground co-chairman Melissa Blackburn said a communitywide grand opening for the playground will be scheduled later. (Suzanne Feliciano*The Vicksburg Post)