ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

*** 1. A GREAT MAN 

LAST WEEK I ATTENDED AN AWARD PRESENTATION . 

RAYFORD COLLINS RECIEVED THE FIRST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT  AWARD GIVEN BY THE JACKSON - MADISON COUNTY HALL OF FAME .

RAYFORD WAS THE COACH OF THE JACKSON BOXING CLUB FOR 55 YEARS .

DURING THAT TIME THE SUCCESS OF THE JBC FIGHTERS WAS PHENOMENAL  .  NUMEROUS NATIONAL CHAMPS AND  MULTIPLE BOXERS RANKED IN THE NATION'S TOP TEN , BROUGHT NATIONAL RECOGNITION  TO THE JACKSON BOXING CLUB .

FOR ALL THE SUCCESS RAYFORD 'S BOXERS HAD IN THE RING  WHICH WAS MORE THAN PLENTY , IT PALES IN COMPARISON WITH THE LIVES HE CHANGED . 

RAYFORD COLLINS CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF MANY LIVES HEADING THE WRONG WAY . THE VALUE OF THE LIVES THAT RAYFORD  INFLUENCED IS BEYOND COUNTING . 

COUNTLESS YOUNG MEN USED THE LESSONS OF LIFE LEARNED FROM COACH COLLINS  TO REACH SUCCESS IN THIER CHOSEN FIELDS 

THIS WAS MOST TRUE IN MY LIFE .  AS IN MANY OTHERS 

HERE IS TO COACH RAYFORD COLLINS , A MAN WHOSE INFLUENCE WILL CARRY ON FOR GENERATIONS THROUGH THE LIVES OF THE ONES HE CHANGED .

THANKS COACH   WE LOVE YOU . 

*** 2.  A BAD END 

FOUR OR MORE TIMES IN RECENT WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN GANGS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ATTACK ALL TYPES OF FOLKS FOR NO REASON . 

LARGE NUMBERS OF THUGS ARE PUNCHING , KICKING ,& THROWING OBJECTS AT INNOCENT PEOPLE DOING PHYISCAL HARM . EVEN ATTACKING CARS . 

LET ME TELL YOU HOW THIS ENDS . 

SOONER OR LATER THE YOUNG THUGS ARE GOING TO PICK THE WRONG VICTIM . 

THE VICTIM IS GOING TO OPEN UP WITH GUNFIRE AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DEAD KIDS . 

IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME . TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE SCARED AND A LOT OF FOLKS CARRY GUNS  SO IT IS COMING . 

CAN WE STOP THIS ?   I DON'T KNOW HOW 
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING ?    LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING LIVES WITH NO HOPE . 

HOW CAN WE PROVIDE HOPE TO THOSE IN A MISERABLE  LIFE ?    I DON'T KNOW 

IT IS HARD FOR A SOCIETY TO SURVIVE A HUGH INCOME GAP . 

BUT THE RICH GET RICHER & THE POOR GET POORER SEEMS TO BE THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF A CULTURE . 

BACK TO THE POINT - THERE IS A TRAGIC EVENT COMING   I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE LONG . 

**** UNTILL THEN !