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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 181
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Music and Memories
Two injured in shooting BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff Photos by L.A. Story
The Corinth Police Department is investigating the shooting early Saturday of a man and a woman at a residence on West Third Street. Both shooting victims are at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tenn. Police Chief Ralph Dance said those shot are Dawn Kiddy, 38, and Ryan Gahagan, 28. The police department responded to a call of two gunshot victims at 907 West Third
Street at 12:52 a.m. Saturday. It appears Kiddy was shot multiple times and Gahagan was shot once. The male subject was in critical condition, the police department had been advised. The police department continues to interview witnesses and was looking at a person of interest on Saturday. “We are not sure about motive at this point in time,” said Dance. “We’re not sure if it was a robbery or some kind of altercation.”
No Time Flatt was among the special guests at the most recent installment of Corinth’s Pickin’ on the Square. The band’s musical prowess drew applause several times.
Pickin’ on the Square brings fun and fellowship downtown BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
Getting out of one’s car down the block from the Corinth Courthouse on a hot Thursday night in July could produce something unexpected if one is unprepared. The unlikely sound of a feminine voice singing echoes down the side streets and off the historic downtown buildings. The voice is channeled through a speaker system and amplified. She is singing “Heartaches by the Number” and, in a flood of memories, one can almost hear Guy Mitchell’s voice underneath with the same unique sound remembered from an old tube radio. A couple gets up to dance. People will get to hear the Dulcimer Club and the Courthouse Pickers. It’s the night for Corinth
Pickin’ on the Square — a weekly tradition from 7 until 9 p.m. on Thursday nights where people can wander up to the Alcorn County Courthouse steps, located on Waldron Street, or set up portable chairs in the area in front of the courthouse and then sit back and enjoy a free show. It’s a celebration of music — bluegrass and country or maybe even gospel, a little blues or folk — one never knows what will be found. Pickin’ on the Square was founded by Patricia Depoyster Harville-Nachbar as a way of showcasing the talent of local artists and entertaining the community. The inaugural show was held Aug. 7, 2003 and each consecutive installment consistently keeps audiences coming back. One will see her wander
“I like the music and to see the people and you can come and go as you please.” Margaret Wallace Corinth native through the crowd with a little galvanized bucket asking for a dollar or two to help “support the pickin’.” The money goes toward paying rent in the wintertime. The music will go on even then. It will just go on indoors. People keep filing in with chairs. Children play alongside the courthouse steps beneath the streetlights as the sun sets. Some dance to a lively fiddle played by Becky Weaver of No Time Flatt as she plays, “MethPlease see PICKIN | 2A
Traffic safety urged as school begins BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
City and county law enforcement are advising motorists to allow extra time and be patient as the roadways fill up with back-to-school traffic in the coming week. Particularly in the area of Corinth Elementary School and the South Harper Road roundabout, the police department is anticipating traffic congestion as city schools resume on Monday. “We are going to have officers there monitoring traffic,” said Police Chief Ralph Dance. “We would ask everybody to be patient. The first two weeks is always the toughest.” He recommends getting an early start and not rushing.
“If you can avoid the roundabout during the school hours that they are loading and unloading, you are better off,” he said. Officers will also be keeping an eye on speed in the area of Corinth High School on South Harper. “It is an enhanced penalty in a school zone if you get a ticket for speeding through there,” said Dance. In the county, the sheriff’s department will keep an eye on usual spots of congestion such as Central School Road and the four-way stop intersection of Highway 2 and County Road 512 in Kossuth as the county schools resume Please see SAFETY | 2A
Shelter cares for animals, struggling for funding (This story is the first in a series on the “State of the Shelter” – a look at the current issues and goals of the nonprofit, no kill Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter.) BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The numbers paint a clear picture of Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter’s impact on the community. In the past six years, the shelter has rescued more than 9,600 animals and of those more than 8,000 were adopted. Although sometimes animals
are turned away by shelter staff due to space limitations, the local nonprofit has continuously worked to save the abused, ne-
glected, abandoned and injured animals in Corinth and Alcorn County. But it hasn’t been easy. Funding has always been an issue for the shelter. “In 2011, we opened the shelter as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and we did this so that we could be independent from the city and the county, but they have also been our customers since day one and that we are so very thankful for,” said Volunteer Director Charlotte Doehner. Annually, the City of Corinth budgets the shelter $75,000,
Alcorn County provides $25,000 and the City of Farmington gives $3,000. According to Doehner, these contractual agreements with local governments make up $103,000 in the shelter’s annual budget of $194,000. “Funds we get from the local governments pay for utilities, some maintenance and wages,” she said. “Wages have increased quite a bit in recent years, though.” Prior to this year, the shelter received up to seven trustees a day from the Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility.
Due to cuts, the shelter now only receives one or maybe two each day. “Due to the inmate shortage, we had to hire people to help run the shelter,” she said. Six part-time animal handlers now work at the shelter an average of 35 hours per week. Doehner’s husband, Luke, is operation manager and the shelter’s only full-time employee. The remaining amount of the shelter’s budget is fulfilled through donations and funPlease see SHELTER | 5A
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