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Vol 17, No. 11 •April 2018
Achieving A Dream - Corinth's Own, Kabreea Moore & Her Academic Accomplishment By Angela Rogalski Being the first one to graduate college in your entire family is a proud moment for everyone, especially the parents of said graduate. Kabreea Moore is a 23-year-old, Communications major at Mississippi State University and she's about to do just that. In May of this year, Moore will be the first in her family to ever graduate college. And she is excited and proud about that fact. "My major is Communications and I'll graduate with a minor in Public Relations," Moore said. "And I'm the first to go to college in my family and the first to graduate. After I graduated high school, I left Corinth and home, and came straight to Starkville and Mississippi State. And I've been living here on my own since then. My mother is so excited about my graduation. I'll always be her baby girl, so she's very proud. My dad and I really didn't get close until I was 12-years-old,
Kabreea Moore
but we talk every other day now. And he will be coming to my graduation. I'm actually the first on his side to graduate too, so he's just as proud as my mom." Moore said that at first she'd wanted to attend a community college, but her mother kept pressuring her to go to a four-year school, because she was afraid that Moore would never go back for her bachelor's if she obtained her associate's degree first. "So, I went to see MOORE pg 4
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Volunteers work together to keep Corinth and Alcorn County looking good By Lucy Weber Corinth area, it's time for spring cleaning. On Saturday, April 21, Keep CorinthAlcorn Beautiful is holding a County Wide Clean-Up Day. Volunteers will spend 9-11 a.m. beautifying areas and picking up litter at various locations. Anyone who wants to lend a hand should call KCAB's office, 662287-5269, to find out how to get involved, says GT McCullough, director of the agency that is a division of The Alliance. McCullough expects plenty of help to heed the call. "Our community is fantastic. We are a community of people who care about their home. Our people are our greatest asset," he said. KCAB is led by a board of
volunteers from across the community who find projects that bring beauty and improvements that make Corinth and Alcorn County a better place to live, visit and work, McCullough said. The KCAB council includes chairman Justin Ashmore, vice chair An Luick, past chair Colby Carmichiel, John Michael Tucker, Dorothy Frederick, Ben Tucker, Zeb Taylor, Jonathan Marsh, Kate Bingham, Nate Alexander, Chris Porterfield, Jeff Patterson, Wendy Shinault, Johnny Ross and Joanie Vaughn. "Our board members have people approach them all the time to ask how they can help," McCullough said. "We have a tremendous pool of talent." For 19 years, Keep Corinthsee CORINTH pg 4
GT McCullough
When Three Percent Means Everything By Angela Rogalski Usually three percent of anything isn't a lot; three percent of $100 is only $3; three percent turnout at a voting precinct could mean devastation for the candidates on those particular ballots; and according to some research, only three percent of children who come from drug and alcohol abusive families and foster care families graduate college. But when you're one of those three percent, that low number is everything. Chelsea Wheeler grew up in a household where she was basically the parent to both of her own. Her sister, three years older than Wheeler, decided to strike out on her own at 15, leaving Wheeler behind. So, at the young age of 12, she learned to take care of herself and her parents,
who both had drug and alcohol addictions. Addictions so bad, that she often had to make sure they ate, dressed and made it to their beds. "After my older sister left, it was just me and my parents, and I was 12-years-old," she said. "And with their addiction problems, it was pretty much left up to me to make sure they got up and went to
work. Then at night, I would fix dinner, made sure they ate and got into bed. And I had to get myself to and from school, of course." Wheeler said that she was a straight-A student in high school and her focus was very clear: she had to go to school, get good grades and graduate. And she did, but she didn't stop at high school. "I graduated third in my class and was the class historian. And after high school graduation, I put myself through college. I went to Northeast and graduated from there with a 3.1 GPA in 2012, with my degree in Paralegal studies."
Chelsea Wheeler
see WHEELER pg 4