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Pictured is Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, left, and Bentley Brown.

Pictured is Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, left, and Keng-Kenneth Smith.

Pictured is Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, left, and Laila Soto.

Pictured is Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, left, and Martha Thomas.

Pictured is Vicksburg Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, left, and Cameron Pollard.

Pictured at center is Porter’s Chapel Academy football player Jase Jung, one of six people – and five youth – presented with the AMAZE award Friday by the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen. This year, Jung has broken the Warren County record for most rushing yards. Pictured with Jung, at left, is PCA head football coach Blake Purvis; also at left, Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield; at right Ward 2 Alderman Alex Monsour and Mayor George Flaggs Jr. Also pictured are members of the PCA football team. (Blake Bell/The Vicksburg Post)

Vickburg’s Ward 1 Alderman Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield presented the latest round of AMAZE (Alderman Mayfield Award for Zeal and Excellence) awards during Friday’s regular meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA), and this month’s honors heavily featured the River City’s youth.

Included were Jase Jung, Martha Thomas, Keng-Kenneth Smith, Cameron Pollard, Laila Soto and Bentley Brown. The AMAZE awards began earlier in the year following the death of Mayfield’s father, longtime Ward 1 Alderman Michael Mayfield Sr., as a way to honor his legacy, while recognizing outstanding achievements from Vicksburg residents.

“We have a lot of people doing great things and some of our young people, we want to show them that we can acknowledge and praise them for doing great as well,” Mayfield said.

As part of the November awards, Brown was acknowledged for outstanding character and academic achievement at South Park Elementary; Pollard was recognized for his work with fellow youth at Vicksburg High School, outstanding achievement and citywide ministry; Smith was recognized for receiving a perfect score on both the sixth-grade math and English Language Arts (ELA) exam, as well as the highest average in science at Beechwood Elementary School; Soto was recognized for outstanding character and academic achievement at South Park Elementary; and Thomas was recognized for community service, including helping organize the Stop the Violence rally.

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