therefore i now hereby declare hat the period of 1966 and 1967 to be the coach bob tyler era. what is likely to be our final roll call will be held on august 23, 2014, in meridian. amazingly, most of the coaches and players, including tyler himself, after nearly a half century are still living and will attend the reunion. some have gone on to glory before us, however, and will miss that final roll call and we will miss them. they include coaches earl morgan, buy ron mcmullin, as well as players such as mile j - smiley givehart, david murray, jerry, marsh walz, mike mcgee, woodson emens and possibly others. mr. speaker, i now close with these words. to a man, each of my brother wildcats, i am sure feel as i do, that moment of hard work, sweat, pain and sometimes disappointment, all of those things were worth it. and we are all better men because of it. such a common experience even a half century ago bonds us together forever. indeed, we were then as we are today and always, even when we no longer answer that roll call, we'll be known as the meridian high school wildcats, a true