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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 274

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Taste of Hope

C Spire hosting town hall meeting BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

The next step in Corinth’s technology transformation kicks off Monday evening with a town hall meeting featuring representatives from C Spire laying out the details of the road ahead for the deployment of the company’s super high-speed Internet service. The meeting, hosted by the City of Corinth with the Corinth School District and C Spire, begins at 6 p.m. Monday in the Corinth High School Auditorium. Alliance President Gary Chan-

dler said the meeting is an opportunity for residents to hear directly from C Spire representatives about what comes next in the launch of the company’s 1 gigabit Fiber to the Home Internet Service in Corinth. He encourages everyone to come out and learn more about the next steps in the process. The city was announced earlier this month as one of nine finalists to be the first community in the state to launch the revolutionary home Internet service which will bring speeds as much Please see C-SPIRE | 2A

Christmas Basket Fund kicks off 18th year BY BRANT SAPPINGTON Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Geri Roberson (right) helps Arren Blalock get a box of meals ready to be delivered.

Outreach effort feeds bodies and souls BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Smiling faces greeted those there to help. The “Taste of Hope” done for a second year by Oakland Baptist Church filled needy individuals with the love of God,

according to numerous volunteers on hand to help. “We have learned a lot from last year,” said Oakland member Chris Botting. “Things have gone much better … God has blessed us with so many people to help.”

Botting and fellow church member, Michal Ann Spencer, came together for the idea to help those in need with a Thanksgiving meal last year. This year “Taste of Hope” Please see HOPE | 2A

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The Corinth Rotary Club and the Daily Corinthian are once again joining forces to help the hungry in Alcorn County this Christmas season. The 18th annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund project is now underway with applications for help being accepted at the newspaper office and by mail. The annual program pro-

2013 Christmas Basket Fund “A Community Tradition”

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Lighthouse Classic brings hot hoops to Corinth BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

A feast of high school basketball action awaits hoop fans a day after Thanksgiving. Thirteen games over two days will give basketball junkies the deal they are looking for on Black Friday and the following day when the Physician’s Urgent Care Lighthouse Thanksgiving Classic tips off. “There is not a better value for the dollar,” said Lighthouse Foundation board member and

event organizer Vince Overholt. Six games are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 29 at Corinth High School. Another seven contests will take place the following day at CHS. A quartet of perennial squads from Tennessee are part of the two days of hoops. Memphis, Tenn. squads Southwind and White Station are among the field. White Station – winners of five Class 3A state titles, including three straight from 2002-04 – will face DeSoto High School,

Texas in the Saturday night finale. White Station has two players ranked among the 2014 ESPN Top 100. Leron Black, ranked #41, is a 6-7 power forward committed to Illinois. Point guard Chris Chiozza is rated #42 and is committed to Florida. Southwind, the defending 3A state champion, and 2A runnerup Jackson South Side along with 1A power Middleton, Hardin County, and Mount Pleasant round out the Tennessee

flavor. Wenonah, Ala. has been locked up to come. The threetime defending 5A champs will take on Madison Prep, La. and 2015 ESPN #42 rated shooting guard Brandon Sampson on Saturday. Moss Point shooting guard Devin Booker will be the highest rated player in the classic. The Kentucky signee will lead MPHS against Corinth on FriPlease see CLASSIC | 3A

Winding career path led physician to life’s calling in medicine BY HEATHER SMITH hsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth has several accomplished, practicing physicians, some of which have been practicing for many years. One of those well-known, longpracticing doctors is 81-year-old Carl C. Welch, M.D.

A native of Raymond, Dr. Welch has not always been a doctor. For a few years, he was active in the field of journalism and radio. “I was a newspaper reporter for The Clarion-Ledger for three years. After which, I became managing editor of the McComb

Enterprise-Journal, a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper. Later that same year, I became general manager of WHSY in Hattiesburg. I later was involved in ownership of a radio station in Corinth,” the former radio station manager and newspaper reporter explained.

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It was after his career in the radio business ended when Welch decided to join the United States Army. After attending Hinds Community College in his hometown, he joined the Army in 1951 for a two-year stint. “I went in the Army as a mem-

ber of the 31st Division. I was called in with the Mississippi National Guard,” explained the veteran. When his service in the military came to an end, Welch decided to take his career path in Please see WELCH | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago

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Three sieges dominate the news in the North and the South; the ongoing siege of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina; the opening moves of the siege of Knoxville; and the failing siege of Chattanooga.

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