DAILY LEADER / JUSTIN VICORY / In preparation for the Junior Auxiliary’s 26th Annual Peel ‘Em and Eat ‘Em Shrimp Dinner, Kelly Allan of K&B Seafood, dumps a load of shrimp into a giant boiling pot of water Wednesday morning at the Brookhaven Recreation Department. The takeout-only shrimp dinners will be available for pickup Thursday from 3 until 7 p.m. at the rec department on Highway 51 North. JA also will host its annual sweet shoppe with tasty goodies offered for sale. Shrimp dinner tickets at $10 each are still available. Call Valarie Oglesby at (601)757-0551 for information.

Lisa Shann of K&B Seafood has soon-to-be-boiled shrimp ready to go in a bucket, as one part of an assembly line Wednesday morning.