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Vol. 117, No. 290
2013 Christmas Basket Fund “A Community Tradition”
Basket fund tops $4,500 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 all-time high for folks who need help with a good holiday meal. The total now stands at $4,570 after the most recent donations arrived. They are $100 from Jimmie and Mary Gunn in memory of Alice Gunn; $50 from Jane Rowland in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Mansel Rowland and Jamie Rowland; $100 from anonymous; $100 from Al Woodhouse in memory of Peggy Woodhouse; and $200 from Colonel William P. Rogers Sons of Confederate Veterans in honor of their members who have answered the “Last Roll Call” — Robert Sansom, Stan Hughs, Bingham Wade, James Brown and Earl Millsaps. 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.
• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 sections
AG responds to gun request BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
In a response to a request from the City of Corinth, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office is trying to clear up some of the confusion surrounding gun carry regulations. Questions emerged after House Bill 2, dealing with concealed weapons, became law
this year. Police Chief David Lancaster said the city wanted clarification on whether it has the authority to ban firearms in places such as the park. The AG’s office made the rare step of issuing a press release along with the opinion. “Our office has been asked to issue a series of opinions
regarding the open carry, concealed carry and enhanced carry of firearms,” said Attorney General Jim Hood. “I think this most recent opinion was a good effort to summarize our convoluted gun laws and particularly our enhanced carry statutes.” It addresses where concealed stun guns, revolvers
BY STEVE BEAVERS KOSSUTH — Area vendors are FUELing up. In effort to help the FUEL (Forever, Unending, Eternal,
Please see GUN | 3A
21-year-old man dies in wreck BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Genesis Christian Academy students Hunter Woodruff (left) and Maddie Grace Miles practice their bell ringing for Saturday’s friendly competition versus North Corinth Christian Academy. The two schools will see who can collect the most money during the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign from 10 a.m. to noon at Walmart.
Schools join Red Kettle Campaign BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
A pair of Christian schools are trading their books for a bell. Genesis Christian Academy and North Corinth Christian Academy will see who can raise the most money when they engage in a friendly competition to raise money during the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign. Students from both schools are giving up part of their Saturday for the 10 a.m. to noon event at Walmart. “One school will be located at one entrance of the store while the other will be stationed at the other end,” said Salvation Army Director Michelle Miles. “The school which raises the most money will be awarded a plaque.” The traditional red kettle is an integral part of the Christmas scene, with millions of dollars donated each year to aid needy families, seniors, and the homeless, in keeping with the spirit of the season.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Genesis Christian Academy Director Keith Yancey of the event. “It goes along with everything we try to instill in them like giving and community service … it’s all about helping kids.” “The campaign is an important way which helps us fund our social service programs and everything collected stays in the community,” added Miles. “Both schools seem excited about it and our hope is to be able to do it every year.” In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee was distraught because so many poor individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. He came up with the idea of a large iron pot that people could toss coins in as the way to fund the mission. Captain McFee’s kettle idea launched a tradition that has spread not only throughout the Please see KETTLE | 2A
Vendors coming together for Jingle Bell Bazaar sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
and pistols can be carried by enhanced permit holders on public property even where the state or local government has posted signage prohibiting the carrying of weapons. This includes locations such as polling places, a government meeting place, school campus-
Love) ministry of Kossuth United Methodist Church, 30 vendors have come together for the Jingle Bell Bazaar. “We will have something for everyone,” said bazaar orga-
nizer Jan Haley. “I am excited and hope we can make this an annual event.” FUEL receives a booth fee of $20 from each vendor. Sellers were also asked to donate an
item to be used in a silent auction to benefit the ministry. “Our idea was to have a bazaar and after talking with Ms. Please see BAZAAR | 2A
Woman proud of son’s running efforts BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com
With hard work and determination anything is possible. Even running marathons is a possibility with the right attitude and dedication. For one local parent and her son this has become a reality for them, and they couldn’t be more proud. “It is very rewarding to see your son put in such an effort and to be successful at this,” said his mother, Linda Kennedy of Corinth. “He went from barely being able to walk a half-mile to running over 10 miles quickly. I know he will continue to pursue this and just keep getting better.” Her son, Jody Kennedy, who lives in Columbus, has been preparing for the upcoming half marathon sponsored by St. Jude which covers 13.1 miles. Saturday’s event
in Memphis will look to raise a $1,000 for each participant to help cancer patients. However, his choice to participate didn’t come easy. Kennedy and his friend Leslie Adair Hutchins, who is a longtime runner, had to push and encourage him to run the marathon. “I had to get him to start training earlier this year,” said Hutchins. “He began walking and running about a half a mile and progressed from there.” This past weekend her coaching proved to be a help for Kennedy. He was able to complete his training with a 12-mile run in preparation for the half marathon, according to his mother. Kennedy, who is employed by Mississippi University for Women as university Please see ST. JUDE | 2A
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Kennedy and Hutchins stand after a recent 5k race. The two will look to finish St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon together on Saturday.
A fatal accident claimed the life of a Counce man on Wednesday night in Hardin County. The one-vehicle wreck happened in the Bruton Branch community. Colby Harrison, 21, died when his 2004 Jeep left the highway, overturned several times and ejected the driver around 7:41 p.m. Thursday. The investigating officer was Tennessee State Trooper Sam Bryant. Harrison’s Jeep was traveling west on Pyburns Drive, five miles east of Nixon, when it veered off the left side of the highway. He was not wearing his seatbelt and the officer believed that would have made a difference in the outcome. The victim is the son of Jay and Cher Harrison of Bruton Branch and was employed at his parents’ business, The Outpost, in Pickwick.
Door-to-door fiber effort starts Dec. 14 BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A door-to-door campaign will first target North Corinth neighborhoods in an effort to get residents signed up for C Spire’s Fiber to the Home gigabit speed Internet service. The door-to-door effort will happen on Saturday, Dec. 14. The team driving the effort to get the service launched first in Corinth met Thursday morning to formulate a plan now that preregistration is open at cspire.com/corinth (click on “cities” at the top of the page). The site had some first-day glitches on Wednesday, and anyone who attempted to sign up and did not receive an e-mail confirmation needs to repeat the process, team members said. The team decided to focus its on-the-ground efforts on one fiberhood and try to get it to the target rate for deployment ahead of any other cities. Once the rate is hit, the fiberhood “goes green” and C Spire begins deployment. “I’d like to get them all green by the time they show up with equipment,” said team member John Orman. The north “fiberhood” has 1,705 households as counted by residential water meters. With 45 percent penetration required, that means 768 households in the northern zone need to sign up. The central fiberhood south of Shiloh Road and including the downtown residential area Please see FIBER | 2A
On this day in history 150 years ago The Union ironclad USS Weehawken sinks at its anchorage in Charleston Harbor. The ship had taken on a great amount of ammunition, which caused her to founder in a minor gale, and 24 men perished when she went to the bottom in 30 feet of water.