Seedy Character?: Steve May loads seeds into an 802 Air Tractor airplane Tuesday at the airport in Milan. The United States Forest Service was using the plane to plant shrubs and grasses on 1,650 acres of Mt. Sedgewick. The seeding was designed to rehabilitate the area burned in a wildfire and promote a healthy habitat for deer. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]

Associate Pastor Ruth Gilbert admires images of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at the Howard Chapel. Gilbert met Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King when she was a part of the Civil Rights Movement. The pictures are part of an exhibit at the Chapel commerating Black History Month. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story

Hard To Bear: Wingate Bear Geno Antonio sits alone on the bench during a timeout in the final seconds of Tuesday night's game against Thoreau. The Bears lost the district tournament matchup to the Hawks. The Bears only hope for the State Tournament is an at-large bid to the Sweet Sixteen. See story, Sports Page 1 in today's editon of the Independent. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]