sentences:  Sikes said the nickname from a Panhandle legend about a male raccoon that not only knew where food and water were located, but also fended off his enemies and looked after his territory.As Sikes put it, a he-coon was expected to "look after those around him who depended on him.Along with Republican congressmen Jack Edwards of Alabama and Trent Lott of Mississippi, Sikes helped originate the "Gulf Coast Congressional Report" on WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama (the CBS affiliate for most of his district) in 1973.