Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Every time an elementary school student finished a book in the past week, they were entered with a chance to ‘string a duck’, which turned out to mean they could spray silly string over the three school officials who were dressed like characters from the hit television show “Duck Dynasty”.

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Students pull silly string from the face of Adams County Christian School soccer coach Jim Allgood during a Read Across America celebration at the ACCS football field on Wednesday afternoon.