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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 284
2013 Christmas Basket Fund “A Community Tradition�
Fund total stands at $300 The spirit of giving is alive and well in the Crossroads area as donations are beginning to arrive for the 18th Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian 2013 Christmas Basket Fund. The civic club and newspaper have set a $25,000 community fundraising goal this year so 1,000 food baskets can be given away to local families at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Crossroads Arena. If the number of applications are any indication, the need this year will be an alltime high for folks who need help with a good holiday meal. The total remains at $300 after a second donation arrived — $250 from the Corinth Garden Club. Donations can be the perfect time to make a holiday tribute to a special person. Contributions can be made “in honor of� someone living or “in memory of� someone who has passed. They can be family or friends, co-workers, employees, bosses or even groups who have made an impact on a person’s life. All tributes will be published in the Daily Corinthian until Christmas Day. Donations can be brought to the newspaper office at 1607 Harper Road or mailed to the Daily Corinthian, Attn: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, Miss. 38835.
BY JOSEPH MILLER Every business needs a vision. Magnolia Regional Health Center’s (MRHC) vision clearly states they are “remembering their past, creating their future, navigating the transformation and accepting only excellence.� MRHC recently held a meeting to further discuss their vision, and more specifically, their vision to have a heart valve center inside the hospital. In a plan that will optimize what the hospital already has, Magnolia has collaborated with Edwards Lifesciences to continue to provide the highest standard of care ... “One Patient at a Time.�
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Defendants enter guilty pleas BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Numerous defendants entered guilty pleas during the November term of Alcorn County Circuit Court. Pleas and sentences from the term include: ■Torey J. Wren, 26, possession of marijuana — Suspend-
ed 10-year sentence with five years probation and $1,000 fine ■Robert Dunn, 39, possession of methamphetamine — Five years house arrest followed by two years of probation and fined $1,000 ■Joshua Scott, 34, burglary and larceny of a building —
Suspended seven-year sentence, five years probation and $1,000 fine; must pay restitution of $1,153 to Corinth High School jointly with co-defendants ■Daryl A. Hopper, 27, possession of two or more precursors — Suspended 10-year sentence, five years probation and
$1,000 fine ■Wendy Jackson, 34, false pretense/bad check — Suspended three-year sentence; three years probation; $500 fine; pay restitution of $1,071.51 to the DA bad check unit Please see PLEAS | 3A
Families serve up holiday meals BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
The spirit of giving came alive the morning of Thanksgiving Day, thanks to over 120 volunteers and a church family who annually make sure meals go to those who need it. “We are here and its chaos,� said a smiling Dick Atkins, serving chairperson of the Thanksgiving Day Community Meal spearheaded by First Presbyterian Church in Corinth. “We need dressing!� yelled a volunteer on the serving line. “Green beans over here!� yelled another. It’s a well run, spirit-led, heartfelt machine, this buzz of activity inside the cafeteria at Corinth Middle School on Thursday. A Thanksgiving meal of turkey and dressing, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls and pear dessert went to a 1,000 people who requested. Volunteers packed up the meals and then hit the streets and roads to deliver 700 of the love lunches. “We’re out of gravy,� a volunteer told Atkins. Dressed Please see MEALS | 7A
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Lee Thurner takes hot turkey and dressing to the servers Thursday morning as 1,000 meals were prepared for those who requested it on Thanksgiving Day.
MRHC working on heart value clinic jmiller@dailycorinthian.com
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According to Dr. Billy D. Parsons, M.D. a cardiovascular surgeon at MRHC, it will mean the culmination of a lifelong effort and interest in heart valve repair and replacement therapy. “A large part of my practice, which was in Texas -- before I moved here -- was grounded in the surgical treatment of valvular heart disease, and we were on the cusp of becoming a TAVR/ TAVI site,� Parsons said. “The implementation of the Valve Clinic here is the first step to progress to that ultimate goal here at Magnolia. The equipment and operating rooms here are top notch and certainly steps beyond what I had available in Texas. I’m sure it’s often the case where patients in a
given community aren’t aware of what they have available in their own backyard.� As for the patients, Parsons said it will mean having a level of care locally that they previously would have had to travel to Memphis or Nashville to receive. “We will be forward-thinking and proactive in their overall health and heart care at a level that they have not been previously exposed to,� Parsons added. “Ultimately, identifying those patients with critical valvular heart disease that would benefit from medical and surgical therapies that would, in turn, save lives. Patients would further benefit from local treatment so their families, churches and other support groups
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would be available to them when they need them most.� Over time and with expected growth, the Valve Clinic would become part of an economic boon to the region, according to Parsons. “Families of patients we would treat would stay within the community for lodging, eating and shopping, and learn more about what Corinth and the surrounding communities have to offer,� Parsons said. The hospital would eventually be able to offer a wider range of services which would aide in overall physician recruitment and patient care. “The possibilities are numerous ... staggering ... and achievable,� Parsons said.
Unemployment rate goes down BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Alcorn County’s jobless rate continues to show fewer people counted as unemployed compared to a year ago. Labor market data released Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security shows Alcorn County with a 7.4 percent unemployment rate for October, bettering September’s 7.9 percent and last October’s 8.5 percent. The state’s unadjusted rate was 8.2 percent, compared to 8.7 percent a year earlier. The preliminary October numbers show the county with Please see JOBLESS | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago
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The Confederate siege of Knoxville comes to a sad end with the unsuccessful frontal attacks on the Union earthworks. Learning of Bragg’s loss of Chattanooga, Gen. Longstreet prepares to withdraw.
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