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Selmer man found dead at Alcorn, Mississippi Justice Center; believed suicide By Mark Boehler
Editor, Daily Corinthian
Authorities say a Selmer, Tenn. man found dead near a car outside the Alcorn County Justice Center Monday committed suicide. Sheriff Ben Caldwell reports a Corinth Police Department officer observed a small silver car parked on a gravel driveway adjacent to the justice center parking area around 6:40 a.m. on Monday, Jan 25. When the officer approached the vehicle he observed a male subject deceased beside the vehicle with a single gunshot wound. Sheriff’s Department investigators determined the individual, 48-year-old Scott Beutow of Selmer, Tenn. died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Photo by Joel Counce
Pharmacist Bolton Gean of Todd’s Pharmacy in Adamsville prepares a COVID-19 vaccine. The pharmacy was one of 100 chosen statewide to administer the shot.
Adamsville’s Todd’s Pharmacy chosen as COVID-19 vaccine distribution pharmacy
Photo courtesy of Big Hill Pond State Park
By Joel Counce
Big Hill Pond State Park wins fourth in state for “My TN State Park 2020” fundraiser
Staff Writer
An Adamsville pharmacy is the only one in Hardin and McNairy counties to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Todd’s Pharmacy went through the first 100 vaccines in a three hour period Jan. 27. “We were approved as one of the 24 pharmacy sites in the state,” owner Todd Gean said. Gean’s son, Bolton Gean, also a pharmacist at Todd’s, began working toward the vaccines in December. “Pharmacies have become a trusted place to get vaccines,” Bolton Gean said. “That’s become more true with the flu vaccine. “We wanted to help the community and help get back to some semblance of nor-
By Angele Latham Editor
Big Hill Pond State Park came in fourth place for the state’s “My TN State Park 2020 fundraiser,” a tremendous honor for the local park, which stood against 56 other parks. The park raised $3,774 in the voting fundraiser, according to Justin King, head park ranger of Big Hill Pond. The fundraiser allows voters to donate for each vote cast. “It’s really great for the park,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people contribute to the donations and vote for Big Hill Pond. It’s amazing that we were able to come in fourth, competing with 56 other parks. Especially considering some of the bigger resort parks.” Voting opened January 1 and closed midnight of the 31st. Employees at Big Hill Pond were awaiting results with bated breath, which
malcy.” Approval for the vaccine meant paperwork, a specialty freezer and a digital data logger – a device that keeps track of temperatures in the freezer and makes them available online. “It provides data for the temperature of the vaccine,” Bolton Gean said. “If it gets outside of the target temperature, it could ruin the vaccine. There is a thermometer in there that is constantly collecting data.” The vaccine will be available to those ages 65 years and older, according to Bolton Gean. “They are doing it in phases,” he said. The vaccine is also currently available to frontline healthcare workers and teachers. Todd’s is giving the Moderna vaccine.
Selmer Farmer’s Market restroom vandalized, destroyed By Angele Latham Editor
A police investigation is underway in Selmer after the Farmer’s Market men’s re-
stroom toilet was found destroyed late Friday night. Selmer Police Department’s Officer Kaleb Sanders made the discovery around
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McNairy County’s Teachers of the Year: A peek into their world The Independent Appeal is featuring each of the county schools’ Teachers of the Year in coming issues. See Kennedy’s story on page 4. McNairy Co. COVID-19 Cases as of February 2
A honor in a year of struggles By Joel Counce Staff Writer
Total Tested 18,475 Cases 2,258 Deaths 45 Recovered 2,389
Carole Kennedy returned to the school she attended to teach four years ago. “I grew up in Michie, but I always went to school in Selmer,” she said. “I went here through elementary and middle school.” The Selmer Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2020-21 graduated from McNairy Central in 1999 before attending the University of Tennessee-Martin. She finished at UTM with a Bachelor of Science degree in English education in 2003. She earned a Master of Science in elementary education three years later. She taught special education at Michie for a year, then Staff Photo by Joel Counce
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Carole Kennedy, Selmer Elementary School
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